Hi, my name is Brandon Campbell and today, in this short article I’ll tell you something only a handful of powerful people have known for more than 10 years… I’ll present you crucial information that might save your life.

I’m talking about one of the best guarded secret of the 21^st century that may be a lifeline for you and your family.

Over the past year over 34,000 people have already found out how to protect their loved ones from this dark secret and it can help every American citizen get over tragic milestones such as hurricanes, snow storms or floods.

It was discovered by a stroke of luck in the archives of the Holy Country and its content predicted the turn points for mankind’s history and not only does it hold the answers to many questions already answered, but also to questions not yet asked …

I’m sure you’re already intrigued and you want to know all about this mystery so that you can also be prepared.

Honestly, it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen or heard and in a few minutes from now you’ll be outraged you never knew the danger you and your family have been living in…

So you absolutely need to watch this short presentation today, while it’s still up…

I don’t know how much longer I’ll have this free presentation online, so watch this right now, while you still can…

Before we continue, let me tell you who I am, and how it all started.

As I mentioned before, my name is John Stone, a 65 year old historian from Wichita, Kansas, and for the last 20 years I’ve been studying ancient and contemporary prophecies and I’ve witnessed countless revelations most people are unaware of…

While researching, I came across some shocking rumors from inside the White House and I decided to dig deeper into this mystery…

I was shocked to find out a big secret passed on from Bush to Obama and recently to Trump, but we’re being kept in the dark…

This secret deal is more dangerous that any present armed conflict…

It’s a sinister pact between The White House and high ranking officials of Vatican and it will reach its terms in a short while with devastating consequences…

Hidden investigations revealed that the core of this pact is one of Nostradamus’s long lost books that never reached the surface…

This book is the best guarded secret of the 21^st century and it contains crucial information on horrible events that already happened, and, more important, on America’s morbid destiny…

The events presented by this dark secret reveal that The United States will be hit by something bigger than hurricanes Michael or Florence, bigger than the great tsunami on the coast of Japan that brought over 15,000 deaths and destroyed over 1.1 billion buildings, or even the Indonesian earthquake that reached 9.1 magnitude.

But this time, the chaos will be man-made…

America as we know it will cease to exist… Mayhem, famine, diseases, death will take its place and will spread like cancer…

Don’t think for a second you’re prepared for the dark future that awaits us all…

Yet, before unraveling the much needed information, please give me the chance to tell you who Nostradamus is and why his predictions are so important for each and every one of us…

For centuries people have interpreted the words of Nostradamus and historians, even scientists have been amazed how accurate his prophecies have been…

It is a known fact that time after time Nostradamus predicted the rise of nations and fall of economies…

But his darkest prediction has yet to come true. Historians say it’s the most fearful and it means the beginning of the end. Scientist backed up the aspects with hard evidence…

Therefore, before going any further, I must warn you:

Therefore, before going any further, I must warn you:

What you are about to hear is deeply disturbing…

Because the dots that this presentation connects will send shivers down your spine and there will be no turning back once you hear this.

When you see the evidence that this great unavoidable ruination will come to reality, it will simply be impossible for you to go about your daily life like you used to… before knowing the truth…

In all human history no other prophet has so accurately predicted the great events all around the world:

Here are some of his predictions written in 1555 that have already come true:

“The blood of the just will be demanded of London,

Burnt by the fire in the year 66″

– The Great Fire of London from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666

That’s 111 years before it happened. Historians say it’s one of the most accurate prophecies ever told. No other prophet predicted such a devastating event since then.

“From the depths of the West of Europe,

A young child will be born of poor people,

He who by his tongue will seduce a great troop;

His fame will increase towards the realm of the East.”

On April 20th, 1889 Hitler was born in Western Europe, from very poor parents. “By his tongue”, with manipulative oratory skills, Hitler led Germany to action in the years following WWI.

“Near the gates and within the cities

there will be two scourges the like of which was never seen,

famine within plague, people put out by steel,

crying to the great immortal God for relief.”

Nostradamus wrote about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that led to death, hunger and unprecedented destruction.

And there are many others…

Yet you must understand, the visions he had could not be explained with the words of the time and he simply described them with the vocabulary he had…

Key persons around the world, who deciphered his undiscovered words, were forced to keep it under the hat…

They have hidden the true meaning of the forthcoming events that will shake us all…

These are previsions told over 5 centuries ago, carefully hidden by Nostradamus himself behind words…

His prophecies predicted Obama’s victory in 2013 as the first black president but few know Nostradamus also predicted the fall of America  by the end of this year due to a power no nation or alliance, be it military or economic, can withstand…

It will hit America at its core and will send us all into medieval times…

I will show you exactly why this knowledge is a closely guarded secret and I’ll reveal the signs that show how close we are to the fulfillment of the prophecy…

The threat comes from an enemy hidden in plain sight that has yet to show its true strength, but will not hesitate to crush anyone who stands against it, no matter how powerful or how technologically advanced it is…

My research lead me to the Vatican library where I found the writings of an Italian journalist who stumbled upon an unusual find, The Lost Book of Nostradamus, dated 1629.

Old historians talked about its existence, yet it did not surface until now…

When reading through it, I stumbled over a unique quatrain:

Earth-shaking fire from the center of the Earth.

Will cause the towers around the New City to shake,

Two great rocks for a long time will make war,

And then Arethusa will color a new river red.

– Charles Nostradamus

After months of hard work, I managed to decipher the true meaning of his words…

“The towers of the New City shake”

11.09.2001 – the darkest day in American history, YET!

Why would the great Nostradamus himself preach this historical turning point in the “New (YORK) City” as the beginning of the end of times?

It’s the day America was brought down on its knees by leader of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden. It was only the beginning.  A series of attacks against America have followed ever since and in the current geopolitical conditions – the war on Iraq, the war on ISIS, the Syrian and Ukrainian war, the constant terrorist attacks – it’s obvious we’re living in an unstable world that seems to teeter on the edge of complete chaos.

“Two great rocks for a long time will make war”

Besides America, the greatest power on Earth, there is another nation that has been rising for some years both economically and military and threatens our safety…

What country has recently started its violent expansion? What country has the military and economic power to spread chaos?

It’s greater than ISIS, Al-Qaeda, China, Iran, Iraq, all together. It’s the biggest country on earth ruled by the most fearful leader the history has ever seen: Russia with its dreadful leader, Vladimir Putin.

It’s Russia and all ancient prophecies are pointing in this direction.

The war we are on the verge on is foretold even by the HOLY BIBLE: “Think not that I come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword: Matthew 10:34” – Who else has sent “SWORDS” into Ukraine and Syria if not Putin himself? And, again, it’s only the beginning…

“And then Arethusa will color a new river red”

Arethusa, in Ancient Greek, means “the waterer”. The red river is the blood of our brave American soldiers who will die defending the country we all love.

But how will Putin strike using the force of water?

The world has already seen the force of nature. Countless fires, hurricanes, floods, acid rains, earthquakes etc. have struck our beloved country time after time…

It may seem that we are at the mercy of nature.

OR ARE WE?!…

“Earth-shaking fire from the center of the Earth.”

Again, to understand this apocalyptic message we need to look back into the history…

The day is 11 March, 2011. Japan – Eastern Coast. 14.46 local time.

The alarms start to ring. A huge tsunami can be seen across as it darkens the horizon. All hell unleashes over the land as the giant water block reaches the shore at heights of 133 feet.

The water falls down as a wall of bricks that smashes anything in its path.

15,893 deaths, 2,572 people missing, 1,148,067 buildings destroyed. And probably the most important damage the tsunami made – the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant…

All media stated at that time: “The force of nature”. Key persons running the media as skillful puppeteers are knee-deep in this massive cover up…

You might be tempted to believe this nonsense. Yet, in light of recent discoveries, things tend to look like SCI FI movies, but real hard evidence can back up every piece of information presented here.

Have you ever thought that not all natural disaster can be “natural”?

Over the years there have been many man-made disasters that had economical or military reasons.

Numerous sources claim that the 2011 tsunami was caused by man and the disaster and they were far from natural. [i]

They were also silenced…

This information never reached the surface because it would have meant WW III, as China would have investigated and would have declared war to whoever was responsible.

One of history’s most devastating events was created by man. And the purpose for such actions lies in the blue eyes of the former KGB agent who started his world conquer campaign from the very first day he took over Russia.[ii]

Russia’s military budget has tripled since Vladimir Putin won the elections in 2012. Hidden investigations revealed massive investments in 2 key points on Russian territory…

The first base Putin set his eyes on is Vladivostok. Besides this city, which is actually a military base, Putin has been pouring money into another secret military headquarter. The second key point of Putin’s worldwide campaign is located the Eastern part of the country, where high tech military camps were built in Khabarovsk

While media has been covering only the European and Syrian issue with Russia, Vladimir Putin has been investing in this secret operation and is planning on activating this cell to fulfill his master plan that will lead to a disaster of biblical proportions.

Listen to Brooks Agnew, earth tomographer, explaining this cutting edge technology:

This is the exact technology Putin developed to build a weapon of mass destruction in Khabarovsk.

Sources claim that Putin tested this technology on March 11, 2011 and caused a huge tsunami…[iii]

Hurricane Matthew started forming on September 28^th , 2018, when satellite footage showed the same activity in Khabarovsk on a larger scale…[iiii]

It is clear that Russia is preparing to take over the world and Japan and Matthew were mere tests…

Using this technology, he will strike America from distance and he won’t even be traced. So we won’t even know what hit us. The American government is not prepared for such events but you can be…

The consequences of such a powerful weapon will be far worse than Japan when Putin hits us with full throttle!

Anything starting from earthquakes, to hurricanes, massive fire spreads, massive and permanent power-outs!

How will the collapse start?

Firstly, the healthcare, which is already, as we all know, basically on its knees, with less and less personnel and less and less funding, will be overflowed, no matter the crisis…

Your local hospital will be overflowing and the staff probably won’t be able to help you or your loved ones…

During Florence for instance, non-threatening illnesses turned deadly because of lack of personnel, supplies and medicine…

The hospitals are barely prepared for the patients they get daily…

Next, the transport will shut down. You will not be able to travel to safe places to provide food or shelter. Medicine will not be delivered and pharmacies will be emptied in minutes.

And you may think this is the worst part. Yet, you can say goodbye to telecommunications, utilities and running water…

The diseases will spread in an instant, police won’t be able to help anyone (they barely do it now)…

As the great Nostradamus predicted, America will be covered in “rivers of blood” and we’ll all suffer…

So, when learning the truth, I gave it a good thought and decided not to sit around and wait for the disaster to strike.

I began researching every single survival technique I could find to save my family.

I made it my sole purpose because leaving my family’s wellbeing in the hands of the government clearly wasn’t an option.

Not only do they ignore the needs of the American citizens, but they keep us in the dark about the imminent danger.

So I immediately began to look at the problem from every angle because  I wanted to make sure my family never goes through such an experience. There had to be something.

Frustrated, I created a list of what I needed:

1. how to treat ourselves and others in case of an injury when doctors, pharmacies and hospitals are shut down…
2. how to protect ourselves from diseases, viruses and any illnesses…
3. what food, liquids and medicine to stock up and where to find sources of food, water and other necessary materials…
4. how to keep our appliances running, while the entire US power grid will be down…

And much other useful information…

Being a historian doesn’t really offer those kinds of skill…

So I started looking into every other solution that could bring me the security for my family.

Many sleepless nights passed and I was getting tired of surfing the Internet for a simple and efficient solution.

Yet one day, Emily, my wife, reminded me about my high school friend Rick who is a war veteran.

As a professional in the military field he had all the resources to help me.

After getting back from Iraq he dedicated his life to become an expert survivalist.

So I picked up the phone and called him.

We met up and discussed what I found out. When hearing the facts, he was very surprised. He told me that most of his army trainings consisted of similar threats.

He then explained to me the real secret to be safe in such situations is to know some basic techniques that only military men know. Because he trained in some of the toughest field conditions in the world, he knew them like the back of his hand.

That was the moment I realized I found solution to my problem.

What I didn’t realize however, is just how complex this domain is.

The true secret of it is that it so simple to learn.

And the fundamentals are so easy, yet few know it and it’s rarely used.

So, if properly taught, it can ensure anyone’s safety.

Without wasting a second, the very next day we met and we started sort of a “survival training” at his training camp.

As the training began I swore myself I wouldn’t go back home without the proper skills to survive The Strike.

After many hours of going through dozens of techniques I found what I was looking for and I realized that they held the key to protect my family.

But what I didn’t know exactly was how to apply them in extreme situations…

Rick, being an enthusiast in this field, thoroughly explained them to me.

However, I insisted to set some basic rules:

• I had to be able to easily teach them to my children .
• The materials we used had to be easy to find when everything goes South.

As a guy who trained in this domain, Rick had a pretty good idea of the methods that can help you survive under any circumstances. However, learning to apply them wasn’t that easy…

We had some heated arguments, mainly because of me being stubborn – I needed the course to be really easy to understand and teach others…

In the end, after several weeks, we finally came up with the simplest techniques that anyone can understand. Brilliant as they were, they could come in handy for anyone, anywhere.

We only used things lying around his training camp that I never thought could be of such use.

All accessories used during the course wouldn’t have cost more than 50 bucks at Home Depot.

However, I’m sure anyone could also find them around their house for free, if they weren’t in a rush.

But the most important part is that it was incredibly useful and easy to remember.

No risks of injuries or damages, so anyone will have zero worries about their family’s safety.

They simply have to follow the steps in the right order to achieve the skills…

And because of the ingenious way the course was designed…

They’ll be prepared for when Putin strikes with any weapon.

They’ll be prepared for any dangerous situation that might occur.

Even more, the techniques will provide security for anyone’s family, even if you face the most dangerous situations or you need them around the house.

So, after finishing the course, I headed home at peace, knowing that I’m prepared to protect my family from any disaster.

After a while, my family and friends noticed a change in me. They all saw me more relaxed, more confident in myself.

But the first test came shortly.

The next spring we went on our yearly family camping trip. Once a year we have a family tradition to spend a night or two in the wilderness – only us and the nature.

We packed all necessary supplies and headed out.

But this time was different.

At nightfall, as we were preparing to go to sleep, my wife, when moving the food in the trunk of the car, slipped on the wet grass and fell.

I heard a scream in the dark.

She had the bad luck of falling on a choppy rock and cut her calf.

I immediately rushed over and I realized it wasn’t a simple cut. It was deep and it was bleeding fast.

At the sight of blood she panicked and started to shiver.

I calmed her down and told her she was safe and everything would be OK.

I told her to lie on the back, I placed her legs at a higher level than her body, then I grabbed the first aid kit, cleaned the wound and bandaged her leg not to lose any more blood.

After securing the wound, I improvised some leg splints and tied them  with some rope I had in the car, just in case – exactly how Rick had taught me.

Because of the difficult road we couldn’t rush to the hospital that night but as soon as the first rays of sun came we drove off to check the wound.

After thoroughly analyzing the splinters, bandages and the cut, the doctor told me everything was OK and, to my surprise, asked me if it had been done by a healthcare professional because besides changing the bandage, nothing else was needed.

Feeling relieved, we went home. On our way, while driving, I realized how lucky we were that I had trained with Rick for Putin’s Big Strike.

I followed the steps Rick had taught me with such ease and it all came so natural to me that I didn’t even realize it at the moment.

In truth, I almost couldn’t believe how simple all of this was… and how it helped me and my family stay safe.

After a while I gave it a good thought and realized that it had been a great lesson…

In emergency situations you have to rely on yourself and not be dependent on anyone else.

And I felt so RELIEVED to know that I could offer my family the sense of safety and that they would always grow up in a warm, secure and comfortable home.

Now, that was about a year and a half ago…

And since then, my family and I have been more relaxed than I ever thought I would.

I started applying more and more of Rick’s techniques around the house and everything got easier.

Plus, using some of the information, I managed to grow a few vegetables and fruits in my small backyard.

Enough to never worry about extreme situations such as food-shortage.

Well before long my friends and family members were begging to know my secret…

And when I told them about my camp experience and how Rick’s techniques helped me then and on a daily basis…

A lot of them had a hard time believing some survival lessons could be so helpful.

But after I’d given them the simple, clear instructions… and they’d followed them, and even applied some on routine chores with ease… they became believers FAST.

Because when anyone used these amazing plans, the results were the same: sense of security, self-confidence and a safe environment for themselves and their family.

They all learned how to grow and cook their own food, produce their own water, protect their selves and their loved ones from any disaster, how to protect their homes … and more amazing such skills.

Soon my friends were telling their friends about the plans…

Until finally the number of phone calls and emails from people asking me to share them became too overwhelming…

Emily put her foot down and told me that I HAD to find a better way to share this information with the world.

So, I went to work with Rick putting on paper all the techniques, all the knowledge we had in clear simple steps.

Hidden in plain sight. The checkerboard motif belongs to Freemasonry. Like all our social institutions, the police have been subverted by the Rothschild banking cartel.
Never seemed to matter until now when they’re enforcing the phoney pandemic and the Communist (Satanist) oppression it represents.

The Relationship Between Law Enforcement and Freemasonry is Irrefutable

The relationship between sworn law enforcement personnel and the Lodge is a subject matter that is very rarely discussed in any circle. 

(Policewoman putting capstone on pyramid outside Toronto Police HQ on College Ave.)
As secretive as the Freemasons Lodge is, the world of law enforcement is equally and arguably more secretive in the totality of scope and core nature. 
 Understanding the fact that Freemasonry is an ‘oath-based’ secretive society, that relies totally on all of its initiates to conceal all of the many secrets afforded to them, why would any sworn, law enforcement official be allowed to become a member of a Masonic Lodge?  
Each and every law enforcement official is already duly sworn to protect and serve their respective communities, counties, villages, Parishes, cities, Boroughs, or states. 
Being a member of law enforcement and a member of the Masonic Lodge is certainly, a conflict of interest. Police and Masonry walk hand-in-hand. 
Just as each and every law enforcement official has to uphold their oaths to protect and serve; they must also uphold the oaths that they took within their respective Lodges.  What if the Lodge oaths of law enforcement personnel directly conflict with the charges of their law enforcement duties? 
Understanding the fact that these closed societies take care of their own, is it safe to say that many police officers, who are also Freemasons, are free to walk above the law? 
Do you know anyone who is a police officer and a Freemason… or… are you currently serving your respective community as a police officer, while also a member of the Masonic Lodge?    
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As Trump impeachment trial starts, the Biden Democrat agenda crashes into reality

Union anger over job losses, inflation worries, likely acquittal undercut new president’s clout.

A month ago, Team Biden and its Democrat allies in Congress had a heady plan to appease their liberal base.

Impeach Donald Trump a second time, alleging he incited the Capitol riots. Blast out COVID-19 vaccines, and pass another stimulus. Impose climate policies. And raise the minimum wage nationally to $15 an hour.

Just a few short weeks into Joe Biden’s presidency, those liberal ambitions have crashed into stark economic and political realities as Trump’s trial readies to open Tuesday in the Senate.

Richard Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO that spent millions to get Biden elected, excoriated the new president’s climate policies this past weekend for erasing thousands of well-paying union jobs with the shutdown of the Keystone pipeline from Canada.

Gas prices, which hit the working class hard, are showing signs of creeping up.

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office warned Monday that the Democrats’ plan to impose the $15-an-hour minimum wage would cost 1.4 million jobs, adding to an already uncomfortably high unemployment level.

A new poll by Just the News added to the red flags Monday, showing a solid majority of Americans believed raising the minimum wage would be a job killer.

Twenty days into his presidency, Biden’s purported hopes for a bipartisan COVID stimulus bill foundered for lack of Republican buy-in. And now even some Democrats, like former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, are questioning whether the current $1.9 trillion price tag is too much.

Current Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also warned that inflation may soon rear its ugly head with all of the government’s deficit spending, saying it was a “risk” of the Biden stimulus plan.

Meanwhile, talk of rapidly vaccinating Americans slammed into the reality of supply shortages and highly disorganized local health care systems, as well as fears that new variants of the coronavirus are poised to create long-term challenges.

And the emotionally charged case that Trump incited the Capitol riot with his Jan. 6 speech, has developed deep cracks. Less than a half dozen Republicans have shown any interest in conviction as the facts increasingly show the riot was not spontaneous but rather planned for days and weeks with fund-raising, training, and combat threats.

Even the former Capitol Police chief has weighed in with a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying the attacks exhibited a “high level of coordination,” undercutting the Democrats’ spontaneous incitement narrative even further.

The likelihood of Trump’s conviction has waned as the premeditation evidence mounts, and now Democrats once gleeful they could end the 45th president’s ability to ever hold office again are now pressing to get the trial over quickly as acquittal seems assured.

“It’s not clear to me that there is any evidence that will change anyone’s mind,” Hawaii’s Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz told Politico.

Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, often an opponent of Trump, acknowledged the obvious, observing, “Both sides would kind of like to wrap it up fairly quickly.”

The Senate trial will start Tuesday with a debate over whether the event is even constitutional with Chief Justice John Roberts refusing to preside, Trump already out of office, and a legitimate debate over whether Trump’s speech was protected “free speech” as Democratic law professor John Turley has argued.

Once a dream of Democrats, the trial is feeling more like a burden to them as other elements pose obstacles and challenges to the Biden agenda.

Even Biden himself has little interest in watching the trial, his chief spokeswoman said Monday. “I think it’s clear from his schedule and from his intention that he will not spend too much time watching the proceedings,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

The last few weeks recall the old adage that in Washington it is a lot easier to say what you are going to do rather than doing it.

If we want to be healthy, we must find the balance of mind and body… but there are no guarantees.

If we want to be strong or smart, we must get up and make it so. With a bit of luck, the effort will hopefully be proportionate to the outcome we have dreamed, and the plans we have made… but there are no guarantees.

If we want control of life, we must first take responsibility for it. It is us who must take control of our destiny, and yet… as accidents happen, there are no guarantees.

If we want a positive result, we must find it with a positive attitude. We are what we think long before it becomes reality, even when we act the part… Knowing the difference between right and wrong, and good and bad is different in every situation, and it is possible we will fail by our own hand, no matter how hard we try… because there are no guarantees.

It is said we should never settle, to keep trying and never give up, no matter what. It is said that eventually everything we dream will manifest itself in our lives…  It is said that we must have unwavering resolve… to continue to focus on the visualization we hold as a goal, and that the constant attempts will finally determine the result…

But the reality is this, hinged on what is inside and outside of our realm of influence, and so very hard to admit: There is the amazing possibility our plan is flawed; that we indeed do not have what it takes… because no matter how hard we may try, there are no guarantees.

When we are old and rocking on our porch, will we look back over our lives saying “I wish I would have, wish I could have.” or, will we say: “I gave it my best shot, in spite of it all.” Knowing this, embracing this, will give us true solace and peace of mind. The world, and what we take of it is ours only for a short time, and we are so lucky to have made it this far… but old and seasoned people know full-well it came with no guarantee.

Whatever our heart’s desire, from nimble dancer to power lifter, chances are our vision will become reality with a bit luck and hard work, if we want it hard enough. But…

Our precious America…

If we want this country healthy, we must find the balance of its mind and body. History based on truth is a good start, and so is a righteous heart… but there are no guarantees.

If we want our country strong, get up and make it so. Stand with others of like mind and we will find the effort might be proportionate to the outcome… but there are no guarantees.

If we want control of our government, we must become responsible for it. Go forth with a banner of free choice and Liberty from tyranny, driven by a righteous cause… but there are no guarantees.

If we want a positive result in America, we must first envision the goal. Education and volition will help us find what was lost, and we might attempt with unity to regain it… It seems that we only realize what we truly have when it is lost… We can hold fast and push to take it back, while learning that the maintenance of America is easier than revolution, no matter how justified… comes with no guarantee.

When you are old and rocking on you porch, will you look back over our land of America and say “We maintained.” with peace of mind, or if lost, will we be allowed to say anything at all? Our framers told us more than once that Liberty, once lost, will not be returned without bloodshed… Because you see both Liberty and truth… comes with no guarantee.

America once promised our heart’s desire, based on a Democratic Republic of Constitutional Law, and Civil Liberties given to us by God. If this is taken from us by default, or given away by a lethargic. uneducated and uninspired populous, what those words now mean are but an illusion… Pounding your fist, gnashing your teeth, marching in mass, or writing essays, all have good intentions… But of course…

Authors note: Yesterday I was buying a pair of shoes at a large department store, and the girl checking me out asked for my email address. You can receive “…promotional information and sales events…” She said with the wide eyes of certainty. “There will be a link there so you can give me a good report!”

It was indeed a trick, implemented by an innocent young girl working for a very savvy corporation who knows how to play up to our emotions, both hers and mine. I saw that I had hurt her feeling as I said no, and I knew that no matter how I might try to explain it to her, she would not understand my reasoning. It is indeed a powerful game, and it influences us at every turn… It is a revelation to consider that our young people are not taught this concept, enslaving us. Indeed what is Liberty and freedom to someone who has never experienced it, or even considered what is lost without them? How can we know what we are missing if we never grasped it?.

When I got back home I decided to look at EBay, to see if I had won… and there, on the side bar, was the exact pair of shoes I had bought from that young girl…

Yes, I have been fighting for Liberty for over ten years, but it grows more evident every day, that there are no guarantees.

I see hope in Donald Trump. He has done more to wake up America then anything I have ever witnessed in my life, including my hero Dr. Ron Paul. Even as a private citizen, he still appears to be fighting for America … but then again, there are no guarantees.

This video strongly suggests that. But then why did I feel relieved? It wasn’t because I fully agreed or believed him. In fact, he’s far too cynical for my liking. However, it brought up doubts centered around very popular patriots that thousands of people cling to for hope and salvation. Like me. That’s why the video is disturbing.

However, as I watched it with growing disagreement and then some…hmmms, it brought me into a state of nowness, the way we feel when we react to a bit of shocking news. At that moment, nothing else exists. We are completely there and all other worries, conflicts and concerns are temporarily gone. So a kind of relaxation sets in because the focus of attention is outside. It would be much more pleasant to be absorbed in a great movie but still, the concept is the same, meaning we have been hit with something striking that consumes our full attention, whether we agree or not.

He claims patriots like Simon Parkes, Charlie Ward, xx22, Tipping Point, even Lin Wood and General Flynn are just lulling us into a passive state of false hope. He even speculates that Trump might be part of the Cabal, partly because he didn’t do much about the riots. (questionable) But the idea that Trump is as bad as the rest of the cabal is preposterous. Often, we have to rely somewhat on gut feeling, no matter the “facts” and my gut tells me Trump is the real deal, the most real we have ever had in the White House. Added to that are his incredible stats before the Covid attack.

It also borders on defamation to even hint that General Flynn and Lin Wood are less than brave and honest supporters of this country or that they are fooling us. In fact, General Flynn said on a video today that Trump did not sign the Insurrection Act and the military is not running the government. Is that someone giving false hope? It comes from the horse’s mouth and should give us impetus to regroup and re-target – after we get over the bad news.

However, later he laughed and did not acknowledge Biden as president. Judge it as you will. But when I observe General Flynn, Lin Wood and some of the patriots, I see nothing but love for humanity, true optimism and nothing that resembles “false hope”.

It’s very true there is no proof that the Insurrection Act has been signed. Did we see it? Did we see Leftists like Nancy Pelosi actually get arrested? Was the photo of her with FBI agents just a photoshop job? There is no proof the military is running the country and still under Trump’s rule. There is no proof he will return to office on March 4th or April something or May something. Is Joe Biden dead and we are watching a clone? Are benevolent space aliens guiding and saving us? No proof.

Intuition can take us only so far and, in reality, can just be wishful thinking when things are dark. I’ve seen nasty attacks from people telling a “friend” to stop being so pessimistic! Have faith! Take your comments elsewhere! Fine but you can be optimistic and still look at the truth. In fact, they work hand in hand. You look for truth so you CAN be optimistic.

Such critics just don’t want their world attacked by possible contrary facts. How stable can a person be who is reduced to crazed hostility toward another viewpoint, no matter how well-meaning? Political correctness still reigns as the destroyer of communication and free speech. We have “violated community rules”, rules which have seeped into everyday life, rotting our culture, the one we developed in this country as the last hope of freedom.

This video claims that what is occurring in the freedom movement is exactly what occurred from 1921 to 1926, the Bolshevik counterintelligence operation created to give “the false impression that a powerful group of military leaders had organized to stop the communists takeover.” Scary thought but also, no proof. More fear peddling?

From the patriot side, I do find laughable the guys who claim numerology will give you the clues to figure out what is really going on. Geez, let’s count bird droppings. I may be wrong but doesn’t the Cabal use numerology as part of their “worship”?

Eighty percent of us want very much for Trump to return now for four more years. Maybe eight if the Republic is truly reinstated and the next four years will be his first term. That thought is so thrilling that I wonder if we have suspended the use of facts and solid proof in favor of obliterating all the fears and uncertainties so we can just “get on with life” and that can be mistaken for positive thinking or faith. Why do we do this? Because evil is the most difficult thing to face.

There is no getting on if we are mired and trapped in questionable statements that we refuse to examine for truth. There is no future or true creation in that. Possibly the patriots are right in that we should not be subjected to the full force of the evil. I agree. It can be very destructive to sanity. But there are gradients to facing things. And that makes us stronger.

So why did I feel relieved? As I considered that, I realized I can take an opposite view – Trump may not be back in office. I accepted that possibility and felt free to occupy the thought without feeling angry, depressed or stressed. I could move on. You can call it Plan B. What do you do if it’s too rainy to go for a walk? It’s as simple as that, though of course there’s a lot more at stake. However, I do believe Trump, based on pure observation of his actions and character, will continue to fight for this country.

Consider the slaughter of six million Jews in World War Two. At first, they laughed at the idea of being persecuted, then they gave up their guns. Then it was all over. Could it be they were unwilling to face the bare truth and preferred to cling to a disappearing life? I see that happening today, although I’m comforted by the existence of worldwide connection through the internet, the growing awareness and the pissed off state of millions all over the planet. People always ban together in times of great adversity. Religion grows. Differences among us fade away to make room for a strong and vital common purpose. These are our greatest weapons.

In fact, an idea occurred to me recently. The internet is fantastic for joining far-flung people together but what can beat physical togetherness? That will never be replaced by mechanical images on screens. It’s not “old-fashioned” to meet in person just because we have the internet. To take this current scene further, how many of us know our neighbors? When I was a kid, you would have to be stricken with amnesia to not know everyone on the block – except for a few deadbeats or hermits. The rest of us shared birthdays, holidays, joys and sorrows. We were safe.

So I thought why not start groups online in your own town and then meet with them? Have coffee and cake. Hug each other. Screw social distancing. What if we had a whole world of intimate groups like that? Would it not improve morale and agreement? And then that will be spread around to other groups.

The energy generated from being physically together is real and palpable. Of course, this is what the Cabal intends to fully destroy. But think of all the multi-level businesses where people travel widely just to be together for help and support. Then they go home and kick ass. Could it be that just being together is their greatest asset for success? Of course we will have to fight to fully expose Covid for the fraud it is.

Simply watching videos, looking for tidbits of hope while anxiety plays in the background just will not cut it. It’s nothing more than entertainment that promotes complacency. At least, that’s what I saw I was doing, although I have not given up the hope these people are offering. In fact, below is Charlie Ward’s usual optimism I just watched. We’ll see what becomes of it since it conflicts with General Flynn’s words. See both.

••••

If you’re confused, so am I. There has been obvious disappointments because of promises that this and that will occur on such and such dates and they never happen. Could this cause a bitterness and a trashing of hope? Complete mistrust of any positive news? Do we go, “Yeah, sure” when these online patriots explain why those events didn’t happen? I’ve seen one explanation conflict with another. Makes you question their secret sources from on high, wherever that is.

But don’t we go back to watching the next video from our favorite patriots? Is that an addiction or is it as Alexander Pope said, “Hope springs eternal”? That’s from his poem, “An Essay on Man”. Hope is just as urgent as facing facts, maybe more. It’s an entry to life itself. Today we are challenged more than ever to exercise it. And further, shouldn’t an attitude of real hope spur us on to finding the truth?

The best way I know to achieving truth, freedom and knowing who and what you are is to be in present time. Observe your surroundings, still your mind and don’t think. Don’t entertain fear. Existing in the moment will take you wherever you want to go and whatever you want to do. It will greatly sharpen your perception, your certainty and your joy. I practice this every day. Takes a lot of practice.

Today I practiced by watching the snow fall and I washed away the idea it was a waste of time. Whatever exists in the present is what we should be experiencing, no matter how seemingly trivial. The snow sent me back to childhood and I brought back with me the joy of snowfalls into this moment, making it a bit richer with life. Not too much, I’m still a novice undoing a lifetime of useless thinking.

This video strongly suggests that. But then why did I feel relieved? It wasn’t because I fully agreed or believed him. In fact, he’s far too cynical for my liking. However, it brought up doubts centered around very popular patriots that thousands of people cling to for hope and salvation. Like me. That’s why the video is disturbing.

However, as I watched it with growing disagreement and then some…hmmms, it brought me into a state of nowness, the way we feel when we react to a bit of shocking news. At that moment, nothing else exists. We are completely there and all other worries, conflicts and concerns are temporarily gone. So a kind of relaxation sets in because the focus of attention is outside. It would be much more pleasant to be absorbed in a great movie but still, the concept is the same, meaning we have been hit with something striking that consumes our full attention, whether we agree or not.

He claims patriots like Simon Parkes, Charlie Ward, xx22, Tipping Point, even Lin Wood and General Flynn are just lulling us into a passive state of false hope. He even speculates that Trump might be part of the Cabal, partly because he didn’t do much about the riots. (questionable) But the idea that Trump is as bad as the rest of the cabal is preposterous. Often, we have to rely somewhat on gut feeling, no matter the “facts” and my gut tells me Trump is the real deal, the most real we have ever had in the White House. Added to that are his incredible stats before the Covid attack.

It also borders on defamation to even hint that General Flynn and Lin Wood are less than brave and honest supporters of this country or that they are fooling us. In fact, General Flynn said on a video today that Trump did not sign the Insurrection Act and the military is not running the government. Is that someone giving false hope? It comes from the horse’s mouth and should give us impetus to regroup and re-target – after we get over the bad news.

However, later he laughed and did not acknowledge Biden as president. Judge it as you will. But when I observe General Flynn, Lin Wood and some of the patriots, I see nothing but love for humanity, true optimism and nothing that resembles “false hope”.

It’s very true there is no proof that the Insurrection Act has been signed. Did we see it? Did we see Leftists like Nancy Pelosi actually get arrested? Was the photo of her with FBI agents just a photoshop job? There is no proof the military is running the country and still under Trump’s rule. There is no proof he will return to office on March 4th or April something or May something. Is Joe Biden dead and we are watching a clone? Are benevolent space aliens guiding and saving us? No proof.

Intuition can take us only so far and, in reality, can just be wishful thinking when things are dark. I’ve seen nasty attacks from people telling a “friend” to stop being so pessimistic! Have faith! Take your comments elsewhere! Fine but you can be optimistic and still look at the truth. In fact, they work hand in hand. You look for truth so you CAN be optimistic.

Such critics just don’t want their world attacked by possible contrary facts. How stable can a person be who is reduced to crazed hostility toward another viewpoint, no matter how well-meaning? Political correctness still reigns as the destroyer of communication and free speech. We have “violated community rules”, rules which have seeped into everyday life, rotting our culture, the one we developed in this country as the last hope of freedom.

This video claims that what is occurring in the freedom movement is exactly what occurred from 1921 to 1926, the Bolshevik counterintelligence operation created to give “the false impression that a powerful group of military leaders had organized to stop the communists takeover.” Scary thought but also, no proof. More fear peddling?

From the patriot side, I do find laughable the guys who claim numerology will give you the clues to figure out what is really going on. Geez, let’s count bird droppings. I may be wrong but doesn’t the Cabal use numerology as part of their “worship”?

Eighty percent of us want very much for Trump to return now for four more years. Maybe eight if the Republic is truly reinstated and the next four years will be his first term. That thought is so thrilling that I wonder if we have suspended the use of facts and solid proof in favor of obliterating all the fears and uncertainties so we can just “get on with life” and that can be mistaken for positive thinking or faith. Why do we do this? Because evil is the most difficult thing to face.

There is no getting on if we are mired and trapped in questionable statements that we refuse to examine for truth. There is no future or true creation in that. Possibly the patriots are right in that we should not be subjected to the full force of the evil. I agree. It can be very destructive to sanity. But there are gradients to facing things. And that makes us stronger.

So why did I feel relieved? As I considered that, I realized I can take an opposite view – Trump may not be back in office. I accepted that possibility and felt free to occupy the thought without feeling angry, depressed or stressed. I could move on. You can call it Plan B. What do you do if it’s too rainy to go for a walk? It’s as simple as that, though of course there’s a lot more at stake. However, I do believe Trump, based on pure observation of his actions and character, will continue to fight for this country.

Consider the slaughter of six million Jews in World War Two. At first, they laughed at the idea of being persecuted, then they gave up their guns. Then it was all over. Could it be they were unwilling to face the bare truth and preferred to cling to a disappearing life? I see that happening today, although I’m comforted by the existence of worldwide connection through the internet, the growing awareness and the pissed off state of millions all over the planet. People always ban together in times of great adversity. Religion grows. Differences among us fade away to make room for a strong and vital common purpose. These are our greatest weapons.

In fact, an idea occurred to me recently. The internet is fantastic for joining far-flung people together but what can beat physical togetherness? That will never be replaced by mechanical images on screens. It’s not “old-fashioned” to meet in person just because we have the internet. To take this current scene further, how many of us know our neighbors? When I was a kid, you would have to be stricken with amnesia to not know everyone on the block – except for a few deadbeats or hermits. The rest of us shared birthdays, holidays, joys and sorrows. We were safe.

So I thought why not start groups online in your own town and then meet with them? Have coffee and cake. Hug each other. Screw social distancing. What if we had a whole world of intimate groups like that? Would it not improve morale and agreement? And then that will be spread around to other groups.

The energy generated from being physically together is real and palpable. Of course, this is what the Cabal intends to fully destroy. But think of all the multi-level businesses where people travel widely just to be together for help and support. Then they go home and kick ass. Could it be that just being together is their greatest asset for success? Of course we will have to fight to fully expose Covid for the fraud it is.

Simply watching videos, looking for tidbits of hope while anxiety plays in the background just will not cut it. It’s nothing more than entertainment that promotes complacency. At least, that’s what I saw I was doing, although I have not given up the hope these people are offering. In fact, below is Charlie Ward’s usual optimism I just watched. We’ll see what becomes of it since it conflicts with General Flynn’s words. See both.

••••

If you’re confused, so am I. There has been obvious disappointments because of promises that this and that will occur on such and such dates and they never happen. Could this cause a bitterness and a trashing of hope? Complete mistrust of any positive news? Do we go, “Yeah, sure” when these online patriots explain why those events didn’t happen? I’ve seen one explanation conflict with another. Makes you question their secret sources from on high, wherever that is.

But don’t we go back to watching the next video from our favorite patriots? Is that an addiction or is it as Alexander Pope said, “Hope springs eternal”? That’s from his poem, “An Essay on Man”. Hope is just as urgent as facing facts, maybe more. It’s an entry to life itself. Today we are challenged more than ever to exercise it. And further, shouldn’t an attitude of real hope spur us on to finding the truth?

The best way I know to achieving truth, freedom and knowing who and what you are is to be in present time. Observe your surroundings, still your mind and don’t think. Don’t entertain fear. Existing in the moment will take you wherever you want to go and whatever you want to do. It will greatly sharpen your perception, your certainty and your joy. I practice this every day. Takes a lot of practice.

Today I practiced by watching the snow fall and I washed away the idea it was a waste of time. Whatever exists in the present is what we should be experiencing, no matter how seemingly trivial. The snow sent me back to childhood and I brought back with me the joy of snowfalls into this moment, making it a bit richer with life. Not too much, I’m still a novice undoing a lifetime of useless thinking.

Well, we survived 2020 and now we face the hope of a new America in 2021. We will be faced with tough choices and tough times, but we will still keep prepping. Some Americans are so disenfranchised with our nation that they are actually considering leaving!

Are there still safe havens for preppers in our nation and around the world? We dug deep and sought out some recommendations to get the gear turning in your own head. Might it be time to relocate?

Bugout Lifestyle

Some people have given themselves over to a sort of never ending bugout. This idea that our world is so close to calamity that we could be uprooted at any moment has given way to people who simply have prepared to be mobile at a moment’s notice.

I call this the Bugout Lifestyle because it basically keeps you on a perpetual bugout or perpetually prepared to be most efficient in a bugout scenario.

Mobile Home

RV life and mobile living has become a huge opportunity for many people. This is a lifestyle that is far beyond preppers. Writers, entrepreneurs, and others have also taken to the idea of a mobile living space.

There are some serious benefits for preppers when it comes to living on the road.

Of course, limited storage space can be an issue for preppers. However, we are a creative bunch and using storage and survival caching could become an answer to that.

No matter how you look at it, being a mobile prepper in uncertain times is definitely going to be a huge benefit to preppers in 2021.

Month to Month Rentals

While owning a property might seem like the best means of financial preparedness, there is something to be said about watching that investment, literally, go up in flames (Antifa). So, now is a time to consider renting month to month.

Month to month rentals in a city would be a terrible idea for preppers!

However, month to month rentals in a rural setting could be just the kind of preemptive bugout that you and yours are looking for.

Many farmhouse rentals offer gardens and wide opens spaces with landowners that allow you to keep animals and care for the land as though it were your own.

If the state leadership gets out of hand you simply finish out your lease and move away! No selling a home or any hassle. Cut ties and keep it moving. Having no roots in uncertain times has its benefits.

Off Grid Tiny Home

The off grid tiny home revolution has made lots of things possible for people who are willing to live a minimalist lifestyle.

You can jump off grid for a very little bit of money and maybe even invest in a nice piece of land to put that home on.

The tiny home is not just a jump to off grid, but it is also a pickup truck away from being a bugout location. Now you can uproot quickly and take your living space with you.

However, you can also park on a piece of land with a well and build a serious life for yourself.

They can be professionally built for as little as 30,000 or you can do it yourself for even less!

Unconventional

These unconventional living methods might seem a bit extreme to you, but they are solutions for the hardcore prepper that is fortifying and preparing to live out the very worst case scenario.

Cave

Batman is the ultimate prepper, in my estimation, and his bat cave is legendary.

Of course, it is only the stuff of comics but the living inside of a cave or building a structure inside of a cave could provide you with a protected shelter that is invisible to pretty much every form of detection.

You will not be seen from satellites and even thermal vision will be unable to detect you living in your cave home deep beneath the ground.

Using permaculture principles, you could populate the woods around your cave with a food producing forest garden and maybe even some free roaming animals.

Missile Silo

Abandoned missile silos are popping up all the time. These are decommissioned and highly effective underground shelters for hardcore preppers to manipulate into a living space. Just so you know, you will not be the first person to turn a decommissioned missile silo into a home.

This is the definition of unconventional living, but it is also the prepping at its most extreme and maybe at its most effective. Dipping below the earth’s surface and maintaining normalcy is about the only way a family can live out a true doomsday.

Underground Bunker

A more affordable option is to invest in an underground bunker.

While a cheap underground bunker is no type of living space for a person or family, a larger one can be a place that you might seek refuge and furnish to some measure of enjoyment.

A simple cabin on top of your bunker could create a combo living situation that works perfectly for you and yours.

Spacious, outfitted bunkers can run you 80,000 and up. These might not be something you are interested in and with the cost of a home on top it could get very expensive. However, you will be able to just head underground and seek shelter in a disaster.

Conventional

Here are a few places that are on the more conventional side. While shacking up in a missile silo would undoubtedly protect you from a serious doomsday disaster it wouldn’t be a great place to call home.

So, let’s look at some regions and states that are much better for preppers.

Rural Living

The general consensus amongst most preppers is that living rurally is simply better than living in the burbs.

You have more freedom to work on food production and other prepping/homesteading projects. You are also living in an area of low population density.

The rural lands might be the perfect place for the right kind of prepper.

Tennessee

Tennessee is a great state for preppers and offers up a wonderful mix of environments from great rural expanses to mountain towns and even some incredible suburban places.

It is also a state that is pretty well run from a local government standpoint.

Of course, you are going to need to spend some time seeking out the right place, but you will find it a welcoming state with a lot of the benefits of an east coast location without radical gun control, exploding unrest, destructive taxation and some of the more common issues that are cropping up in states all over.

Montana

If you are looking to move into an even more remote location Montana is something to consider.

It is a state of immense beauty and wide ranging freedom.

Of course, there are very few people in the state compared to its massive footprint.

This type of isolation lends itself to preppers who are looking to switch on that agricultural prowess, shoot guns, get off grid and really get back to living as part of the world.

The communities are a lot of independent than those with big cities, too.

West Virginia

Lots of people live in that northeast corridor but tucked just south west of these places is West Virginia and you can find yourself a little nook that will keep you provide you with all the self-reliance and freedom that you want.

Getting off the grid and preparing for calamity becomes a reality and in some places a necessity in many parts of West Virginia.

It is also a beautiful landscape and the eastern part of the state offers up world class trout fishing, hiking, and hunting.

West Virginia has not been infected by that which is east of it and it’s a diamond in the east coast rough.

Outside the US

I wouldn’t recommend leaving the nation. That is just my two cents in the whole matter.

However, there are some really great places that one could live and hide and prep without too much oppression, for now.

New Zealand

For years New Zealand has been a place where people with money have been buying land and setting up shop for a dark, dark period in history.

This is the island to survive SHTF in the minds of those in places like silicone valley and other billionaires.

In many ways, New Zealand has become the new age ARK that will be there when the rain starts to fall.

No matter how you feel about the uber rich and powerful, they know that New Zealand has tremendous benefits in an SHTF scenario.

Things like local food sources, clean water, and it being an island nation that would require raiders to come by boat.

Sweden

While many will bristle at the idea of living in a socialists’ dream like Sweden, we are talking about SAFETY as a prepper.

Sure, you can find a number of things to concern yourself with abouts Sweden.

But if you take the same kind of route as you would in America you will have success: Rural life, self-reliance, off grid and whatever else you deem necessary.

Sweden is a breathtaking place that is full of natural resources and opportunity for a prepper. Gun ownership is tightly regulated but if you are rural and you keep quiet, you should not have problems.

Costa Rica

Costa Rica has long been a safe haven for expats. Prepper’s are a THING in Costa Rica and during the pandemic many of these preppers came out of the woodwork. In short, you are dealing with a democratic nation invests in the social and cultural fabric of its nation. The tax system is very favorable to Americas.

Literacy is high and cost of living is exceptionally low. You can live comfortably on $2000 a month!

The opportunity to make a move that will better position you to survive the coming chaos, or the chaos that is already around us, is still there. You should not assume that you have made your final move. As you can see, there are a tremendous amount of safe living options for preppers.

From extreme to conventional, preppers have options. It is important for us to sit down and really consider what matters to us. From here you can make that incredibly important decision: Are you in the place you would like to be to live through SHTF?

If the answer is no, then it is time to get to work on deciding where that place is.

A diverse coalition of more than 60 progressive advocacy organizations and labor unions representing millions of people across the U.S. sent a letter Friday urging Senate Democrats to eliminate the legislative filibuster, a procedural relic that the groups describe as a “weapon of pure partisan gridlock” and a major obstacle to necessary change.

Addressed to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the letter (pdf) from Fix Our Senate, Stand Up America, the Sunrise Movement, the Communications Workers of America, and dozens of other groups argues that nuking the filibuster “would not be a radical step, but a pragmatic response to gridlock and obstruction to help senators deliver for their constituents.”

“People want a government that works for them, not just the wealthy, well-connected, and entrenched special interest groups,” the letter reads. “That is why we are reaching out… to call on Senate Democrats to move quickly to fix the broken Senate and eliminate the filibuster as a tool that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell [R-Ky.] can use to nullify the results of the election and block progress on popular legislation supported by a majority of senators and a majority of the American people.”

The letter, first reported by NBC News, comes on the heels of the Senate’s marathon “vote-a-rama” session, an absurd spectacle of largely meaningless votes required under the filibuster-proof reconciliation process, which Democrats are using to push through a coronavirus relief package without needing support from obstructionist Republicans.

“It would be easier just to end the filibuster,” the grassroots group People for Bernie tweeted early Friday morning as the “vote-a-rama” process—which ultimately lasted more than 14 hours—dragged on.

New York magazine’s Ed Kilgore echoed that point Friday, calling “vote-a-rama” the “price Democrats must pay to avoid the filibuster.”

“The Senate will get to go through another vote-a-rama later, assuming the budget resolution passes and a reconciliation bill is brought to the floor,” Kilgore wrote. “Avoiding one of the Senate’s ludicrous traditions (the filibuster) means indulging another.”

While Democrats may succeed in passing a robust coronavirus relief package through budget reconciliation, the rules of the process would prevent the majority party from using it to approve other key priorities, from voting rights legislation to regulations aimed at fighting the climate crisis.

Spotlighting the constraints of the expedited budget process, HuffPost reported earlier this week that Democrats will likely be forced to drop paid family and medical leave from their coronavirus package because it probably would not survive reconciliation rules, which require provisions to have a direct budgetary impact.

“You can pass $1,400 checks through budget reconciliation, but you can’t pass emergency paid leave,” New York Times columnist Ezra Klein noted Thursday. “When Congress writes laws through budget reconciliation, it writes them with one arm tied behind its back.”

Scrapping the filibuster, and thereby allowing the majority party to legislate without such restrictions, would require the backing of the entire Senate Democratic caucus plus a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris—a level of support Democrats don’t currently have, given persistent opposition from Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and skepticism from others.

In their letter, the coalition of 62 progressive organizations argues that transformative progress will only be possible if Senate Democrats unite to change the chamber’s rules and “end the gridlock and dysfunction.”

“The best way to restore a functioning Senate,” the letter states, “is to eliminate the filibuster as a weapon the minority can use to block an agenda that a majority of Americans have just embraced at the ballot box.”

Read the full letter:

Dear Majority Leader Chuck Schumer:

Voters across the country have made their voices heard loud and clear, culminating in the strong message that was recently delivered in Georgia. People want a government that works for them, not just the wealthy, well-connected, and entrenched special interest groups. They are sick and tired of the gridlock and dysfunction that is keeping the system rigged against them and their families and is preventing progress on the many critical issues facing our nation.

The results of this election have unlocked the door to change, but another clear obstacle remains: the rules of the United States Senate that allow a partisan minority to block legislation and will prevent the Senate from governing and delivering on the promises they made to voters if they are left in place.

To be clear, the filibuster was never intended to be used and abused the way it has been over the past decade. Despite what some will claim, the filibuster isn’t in the Constitution. The framers were explicitly trying to avoid supermajority requirements for legislation, and until recently, the filibuster was only very rarely used to block ordinary legislation supported by the majority of senators. The notable exception, of course, was its deplorable use as a tool to block civil rights, voting rights, and anti-lynching bills, which is why President Barack Obama correctly referred to it as a “Jim Crow relic” that should be eliminated if it stands in the way of securing the rights of every American.

Even those of us who have supported the filibuster in the past now see clearly that it has become something very different in recent years. If the filibuster was ever effective in promoting bipartisanship and compromise, that is clearly no longer the case as use of the filibuster has skyrocketed while bipartisanship and consensus has plummeted. The filibuster has become a weapon of pure partisan gridlock and its abuse is a big part of what has broken the Senate.

That is why we are reaching out on behalf of our millions of members across the country to call on Senate Democrats to move quickly to fix the broken Senate and eliminate the filibuster as a tool that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell can use to nullify the results of the election and block progress on popular legislation supported by a majority of senators and a majority of the American people.

This would not be a radical step, but a pragmatic response to gridlock and obstruction to help senators deliver for their constituents. Senate rules have been changed many times over the years. In 2013, the Senate took some initial steps to end the partisan blockade of President Obama’s nominees. And just since 2017, the Republican majority eliminated the filibuster on Supreme Court nominees in order to confirm President Trump’s picks, and then changed the rules again to reduce the debate time for other nominees, including District Court judges appointed to lifetime terms. The Republican majority also made use of the budget reconciliation process, first used in 1980, to pass their tax bill with a simple majority. And most recently, they changed the so-called “McConnell rule” to advance President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee  just weeks before an election after refusing to advance President Obama’s nominee during the final year of his term.

We urge Senate Democrats, under your leadership, to take speedy action to fix the broken Senate and make progress possible by changing the rules to end the gridlock and dysfunction. The best way to restore a functioning Senate is to eliminate the filibuster as a weapon the minority can use to block an agenda that a majority of Americans have just embraced at the ballot box.

Thank you.

Recent political turmoil has driven a stampede of smartphone users to encrypted messaging services, so much so that service providers are having a hard time keeping up with demand. The exodus to these digital havens might come across as reasonable given social media’s newfound penchant for censorship and deplatforming. However, the public record shows that encrypted messaging apps, despite the litany of high-profile celebrity endorsements, aren’t what they appear to be. Lurking beneath the assurances of confidentiality are unsettling facts that raise doubts about the wisdom of following the herd.

The mainstream press has been talking up apps like Signal and Telegram. The New York Times in particular. That, in and of itself, should set off alarm bells. Signal, for example, has received millions of dollars over the years from a bureaucratic spin-off of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The Broadcast Board of Governors, rebranded as the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has been an ardent supporter of Signal through its Open Technology Fund. The U.S. Agency for Global Media is the foreign propaganda arm of the State Department and has historical links to clandestine regime-change operations.

You might be living in one of America’s deathzones and not have a clue about it
What if that were you? What would YOU do?

In the next few minutes, I’m going to show you the U.S. Nuclear Target map, where you’ll find out if you’re living in one of America’s Deathzones.

The Signal project is run by a guy who won’t tell anyone his real name. Would you buy insurance from someone like that, much less trust them with your physical safety? Another indicator that something is amiss. Said guy goes by the handle of Moxie Marlinspike. He likes to create the impression of a radical anarchist who’s leading a noble battle against government surveillance. Which is unusual considering how acquainted Marlinspike appears to be with government officials. Indeed, they liked him so much they financed him.

Telegram likewise has some notable advocates despite its questionable security. Enrique Tarrio, who currently leads the Proud Boys, described Telegram’s platform as “the darkest part of the web.” Which sounds like a glowing testimonial by an ostensibly credible figure. Readers should note that based on court documents viewed by Reuters, federal officials indicate that Tarrio has worked with law enforcement as an informant on a number of cases. In an interview with Reuters Tarrio stated, “I don’t recall any of this.” Keep in mind that infiltration and subversion are genuine threats to secure messaging systems. In fact, online providers could even facilitate such monitoring by adding hidden members to messaging groups.

Don’t even ask about Facebook’s WhatsApp messenger. The company openly admits that it collects more than enough metadata to dispel any illusions about personal privacy.

All of this underscores an inconvenient truth about apps which Ken Thompson, the creator of UNIX, spelled out nearly four decades ago. In his excellent Turing Award Lecture Thompson warned, “You can’t trust code that you did not totally create yourself.” Primarily because, as the SolarWinds debacle illustrated, backdoors are a grave threat. And it just so happens that the American intelligence community has a heavily documented record of planting backdoors in software, one that goes all the way back to the beginning of the Cold War, with global business interests like Crypto AG that outwardly appeared to be legitimate. The Swiss are neutral, right? Nope, not when they’re in bed with the CIA. Please understand that the organizations which deployed the compromised encryption technology sold by Crypto AG mistakenly believed that it was going to make them more secure. Allied governments naively trusted state secrets to gear that they didn’t design, giving spies a perfect opportunity.

Even if encrypted messaging apps were, by some miracle, free of backdoors (dream on) intelligence agencies would still have a field day breaching app security. Researchers from the National Security Agency concede as much in a paper entitled The Inevitability of Failure. This paper concludes that “current security efforts suffer from the flawed assumption that adequate security can be provided in applications with the existing security mechanisms of mainstream operating systems.”

In plain English: it doesn’t matter how secure a messaging app claims to be if hackers can compromise the underlying code running in the guts of a smartphone. Thanks to WikiLeaks it’s known that the CIA has constructed a whole array of tools for executing that mission. As President Obama remarked during his final year in office, American spies have “more capacity than anybody both offensively and defensively.” And it’s not just surgically targeted attacks; they’re capable of hacking endpoints on an industrial scale.

Proponents of encrypted messaging apps have argued that, hey, they’re still better than nothing. Sadly these apps are often worse than nothing because they provide users with a false sense of security. Rather than being an obstacle to security services they end up acting as a beacon. A sign that users have something to hide. Something which merits further investigation.

It’s not like this sort of vulnerability is a new phenomenon. Consider the failed coup d’état in Turkey which took place in 2016. Participants in the attempted putsch used an encrypted messaging app known as ByLock. Yet instead of protecting the conspirators from counterintelligence officers ByLock made users and their network activity stand out like veritable glow sticks. Out of the total population of 215,000 ByLock users in Turkey at the time of the coup, approximately 23,000 were arrested.

Some encrypted messaging apps blatantly facilitate investigation. The Telegram messaging app has a feature called “People Nearby,” which (when enabled) allows other users to determine how far they are from you. Under normal circumstances this corresponds to a large amorphous region (e.g. somewhere in a 20-mile radius). But experts have found that a malicious user could easily reconfigure their phone to collect three separate distance measurements and thereby triangulate the exact location of your phone. Can you imagine what would happen if this this feature were silently enabled by an automatic software patch?

Dear reader, the road ahead for this republic is fraught with hazards. American political leaders are unaccustomed to cowering in fear. They probably find the sensation completely alien and intolerable. Which might help to explain why the capitol was flooded with way too many National Guard troops. In a spasm of insecurity the elites might be tempted to wield power simply to convince both themselves and their donors that they’re still in charge. Entire swathes of the population may soon find themselves designated as terrorists while lawmakers isolate themselves within “green zones.” If this is our future then one of the worst things you can do is to put your faith in an allegedly secure encrypted messaging app. Expect mainstream technology to fail and seek out new, unexpected, ways to communicate using mechanisms that aren’t controlled by shadowy third parties.

You’ve been warned.

If society collapses, you can bet that the foods the pioneers ate will become dietary staples

The Lost Ways prepares you to deal with worst-case scenarios with the minimum amount of resources just like our forefathers lived their lives, totally independent from electricity, cars, or modern technology.

So pay chose attention because this video will change your life forever for the good!

Only a handful of preppers can afford a $ 70k nuclear bunker.

But if you think about it, there are a lot of natural nuclear shelters in the US that are absolutely free.

All you need to do is to identify the closest one to your home and maybe include it into your bug out plan in case a nuclear war is looming (or an asteroid impact).

Keep in mind that these bunkers are all naturally EMP hardened. But they will protect you only from the nuclear blast and the initial radiation burst.

Sometimes the shelter is so close that is right below your feet. It’s the case in Detroit, where just 1200 Feet below there is a salt mine that can easily shelter the entire population of Detroit! Actually it can shelter over 5 million people.

The salt mine was used to mine table salt, but with the decline in salt prices the mine is now used to mine road salt for winter.  The Michigan basin and the great lakes area (since there are also huge salt mines in Canada), used to be part of a sea which sank into the earth. The salt was left behind and formed the massive deposits that we mine today.

Detroit isn’t the only city with a salt mine below it. Other cities like Houston and Cleveland (1400 feet below) are also situated over salt mines.

So I’m going to start with…

…The Underground Salt Mines:

Salt mines are your best option because they are very spacious with large rooms rather than narrow, dark, high humidity tunnels like you see in mines!

Caves

From 1964-1973 the USA and CIA conducted a secret war to support the Royal Laos Government and to stop the communist incursion by dropping bombs on then communist Lagos and northern Vietnam.  Unbelievably in these years the USA dropped more bombs than any other time in the history of war. 270Million cluster bombs, 210 million more than Iraq in 1991, 1998 and 2006 COMBINED!  7 million tons of bombs, more than twice the amount dropped in Europe and Asia in WWII.  This is equal to a laneload of bombs every 8 minutes, 24 hrs. a day for 9 years.

Kaysone Phomvihane who was the leader of the communist movement led his people to limestone caves in the craggy mountains at the Vietnam boarder.  The shelter has become known as the ‘City of Victory’ and is a tourist attraction.

There is an extensive network of caves all across the USA. I have made a list of the largest ones, state by state for your reference.

There are many advantages to cave living even in an emergency situation.  They tend to retain heat in the winter and are cool in the summer as well as an excellent natural hide away from natural disasters.  There was even a reference to living in limestone caves of Missouri the film “Deep Impact” when comet was to hit the earth and flood a greater part of the world.

The reality is that nature provides most things that we need to survive, so why not a cave as a refuge for war or nuclear bombs?

Underground Mines:

You might find it hard to believe, but Kansas City has a “nuclear shelter” which houses 10 percent of city’s commercial real estate.

Subtropolis – as it is called – is an ex limestone mine with an excavated size of 140 football fields, which was turned into an underground industrial park. The limestone deposits are six times stronger than concrete.

UPDATE:

Find The Closest Mine to Your Home:

Unfortunately there isn’t a reliable map with all US underground mines. I tried to use Google Maps but it has a lot of other facilities with the name “mines” and also surface mines.

But you can use this website to find the closest mine to your home. Just enter your location and make sure you’ve checked “underground” and a 50 miles radius. The results is your closest “nuclear shelter”.

If you don’t have any mines near your home, scroll down and you’ll find “mines by state”, select your state and see what mines are close to you.

A Final Word

Of course, a specially made nuclear bunker has food, water and oxygen reserves. These natural shelters will protect you only from the nuclear blast and the initial radiation burst.

Chances are that you won’t be warned about a nuclear blast, but (just in case) here are 3 signs that you need to take “nuclear” cover:

1 – When your electronics stop working (most of them)

Most experts agree that the next nuclear war will start with at least an EMP. If one of the nuclear powers blasts a nuclear weapon 275 miles above the US it will produce an EMP that will basically send us, the Canadian and the Mexicans back to the Dark Ages. This is exactly what our enemy wants: to disrupt our communication and our ability to retaliate at full capacity. I have something you need to watch. It’s much better than I am at explaining the threat. Watch it and learn what you should fear most (Video), what an EMP effects and how you can protect your electronics, car, mobile phones, etc.

2 – When you hear on the news that a nuclear bomb has just detonated somewhere

It doesn’t matter if it’s in the US, Russia or China… I’m thinking that when a nuclear bomb explodes we face 3 possibilities: a nuclear war which may involve the US, nuclear terrorism which means that the first explosion may be followed by another four, or human error like in 1956 when the US Air Force accidentally dropped two atomic bombs on North Carolina. If it’s the last case… then yes you’ve probably evacuated in vain. But the risk worth the effort! 

3 – When a Nuclear Bomb explodes a few miles away, but does not kill you.

If you’re not killed in the first few minutes, you can live a lifetime or die of cancer in the next few days. The longer you expose yourself to radiation (in the radioactive area) the lowest the chances to survive. Take your family and leave as fast as you can!