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Showing posts with label financial collapse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label financial collapse. Show all posts

Tuesday, 12 April 2016

One People Roundtable: Apr 12, 2016



Welcome to this weeks One People Round table Discussion.

This week Lisa and D covered a list of ongoing insanity in the world, Including:

-the financial collapse that is underway, (with D's comments about the "RV" and the "cash in" groups),
-the Baal (or not baal) archway in London,- but not New York,
-more fall out from the panama papers
- and the wild ride that this past week has been- emotionally, mentally, energetically and physically.

Our Friend Duncan O'Finioan was suppose to join us to dig into the topic of sliding and crashing timelines/dimensions, and the issue of magic.... but as per usual when we try to get together to have these conversations, we could not get Duncan onto the call no matter what we tried!  But.... we will persevere and get THAT discussion recorded as soon as we can!

The very best news?  As of this weeks coming show- April 19th (in Australia, 18th in NA and Europe), we will be able to have 200 people in the live audience!!  For the past 2 months it has been a scramble to "get in" as we only had room for 50 people per show!!  The Zoom ID to attend the live shows are listed in the UnFucker's group on Facebook and on Lisa's web site calendar.







Friday, 20 March 2015

Flash Crash of the Dollar: Unicorns still Farting Rainbows

According to the Western Media economists, everything is just sun shine and moon beams, unicorns are farting rainbows and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is called "The Stock Market", and "Economic Recovery".....

Meanwhile.......






http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-20/when-worlds-reserve-currency-flash-crashed-i-haven%E2%80%99t-seen-anything-it-financial-cris

When The World's Reserve Currency Flash Crashed: "I Haven’t Seen Anything Like It Since The Financial Crisis’

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On Wednesday afternoon, just after the close of the market, the US Dollar, the world's reserve currency flash crashed. This is how the WSJ described the move:
In the latest episode Wednesday, a message from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it is in no hurry to raise interest rates caused a big slump in the dollar, which has run up a huge rally so far this year. The euro surged more than 4% against the buck, its biggest jump in a single day in 15 years, according to Deutsche Bank. Early on Thursday, the European currency resumed its slide.

The sheer speed of the round trip in the euro-dollar exchange rate—the world’s most heavily traded currency pair—left traders and investors reeling.
We profiled the staggering move in real-time as it was happening:
 




Again, this is the world's reserve currency, not some two-bit backwater currency pair. It was, also, a stunning, unheard of event.
This is how the rest of America's traders saw it, from the WSJ:
“I haven’t seen anything like it since the financial crisis,” said Paul Lambert, head of currency at Insight Investment, which manages $480 billion of assets.

Traders said Wednesday’s move brought back memories of January’s surge in the Swiss franc, when the currency climbed more than 40% after the Swiss central bank abandoned its policy of capping the franc’s strength against the euro. For a few minutes on Wednesday, the lack of dollar buyers caused a short-term freeze in electronic trading platforms, according to a New York-based trader at a major currency-dealing bank. “There was a lot of shouting on the desk, a lot of nervousness,” the trader said.

“The dollar has been experiencing fastest pace of ascent in 40 years. Our long-term outlook for the euro is still lower, but risk here is for a decent pullback,” said Matthew Cobon, head of interest rates and currencies at Threadneedle Investments in London, which has a total $54.3 billion of assets. Mr. Cobon had bet on a bounce back for the euro ahead of Wednesday’s Fed meeting.
None of this was unexpected, if only to our readers: recall that as we showed in the start of the year, the short 10Y and the long USD were the two most crowded, biggest consensus trades across the spec investor community, perhaps in history.

But while everyone got crushed on the Short 10Year trade shortly thereafter, the USD trade kept working... until Wednesday, when the entire groupthink monorail slammed into a brick wall.
So now what? Well, more of the same... and prayer.
The sharp swings also raise a now-familiar complaint from investors: Regulations brought in after the financial crisis have dried up the liquidity in markets, by crimping banks’ ability to carry risky bets on their balance sheets.

On Wednesday, the Bank for International Settlements became the latest major authority to caution that a lack of liquidity could lead to major disruptions in financial markets.

When flow hits the market, there’s no buffer, so it translates straight into big price moves,” said Mr. Lambert at Insight Investment. During the financial crisis, big swings were sparked by fears of a collapse of the banking system. Similar moves can now result from a minor reassessment of the Fed’s rate-increase plans, according to Mr. Lambert.
So to summarize:
  1. the stock market flash crash of May 6, 2010
  2. the Treasury bond flash crash of October 15, 2014
  3. and now the US Dollar flash crash of March 18, 2015
And all of this happening as the "market" is rising, and as of today, poised to set new all time highs.
What happens when the real selling actually begins, and what little liquidity exists even now, is completely gone. The answer? Exchanges will simply close down and refuse to open or satisfy any asset liquidation demands, indefinitely, until either the Fed can once again bailout the system, or when the US government finally makes the sale of any asset, illegal.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-20/when-worlds-reserve-currency-flash-crashed-i-haven%E2%80%99t-seen-anything-it-financial-cris

Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Financial Fiasco: even the sharks are hiding

The financial Doom and Gloomers, whom everyone has loved to make fun of and call "conspiracy theorists", have been vindicated over the past week.  As I discussed on Sunday's Transpicuous News update, the Global economy got tossed on on it's head.... headfirst into a 6 foot deep hole.  The blood is in the water..... yet even the sharks are hiding, afraid to look at the bodies that are floating to the surface.  Many of the main stream media's so called reports of this past weeks financial blood bath have pointed fingers at Hedge funds as making up the largest portion of the bodies .... and yet the response to the actions of the Swiss National Bank last week cracked the frozen facade of Christine Lagarde, and Central bankers all over the globe had to go change their tighty whities.

... And this was just an opening salvo of what's to come, and come very soon.

The following two articles give an excellent rundown of some of fall out, and give a peak of what's to come.

Remember: it's not about Fear- it's about BEING PREPARED.

d



There’s blood on the Street: Obama economy in “recovery?” Banks just cut 50,000 jobs. Bank revenues lowest in 8 decades- since Great Depression.


There’s blood on the Street.
In a wild swing of the ax that has shocked many pundits, Wall Street’s biggest banks have slashed nearly 50,000 jobs, and bonuses and expense money are being cut as profit opportunities dry up.
And there’s no easy way out, analysts say, because the Fed’s quantitative easing that once rescued the financial system with trillions of cheap dollars is — at least for now — history.
But while some analysts were unnerved by the carnage announced by banks last week during their earnings calls, the warning signs were there before — from lower trading and commodities revenues to currency risks and long-term interest rates that have trended lower.
The fourth quarter saw thousands more workers fired. Total reductions for 2014 were about 20,000 at Brian Moynihan’s Bank of America; 10,000 at Citigroup led by Michael Corbat; and 10,000 at Jaime Dimon’s JP Morgan. Morgan Stanley reports on Tuesday.
….
By Mayo’s calculations, bank revenues are the weakest in eight decades, a shocking throwback to the Great Depression.
….
MORE:
http://nypost.com/2015/01/17/50000-wall-street-jobs-cut/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow


  • Wall Street’s biggest banks have slashed nearly 50,000 jobs and bonuses
  • Include Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan and even Goldman Sachs
  • Cuts, announced last week, come as profits opportunities have dried up
It is home to the world’s largest stock exchange.
But now, Wall Street in New York has seen nearly 50,000 jobs slashed by its biggest banks.
In a move that has shocked many pundits, a number of banks including Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan have cut thousands of jobs, as well as bonuses and expenses money.
The changes, announced last week, come as as profits opportunities are increasingly drying up
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2916330/Wall-Street-banks-slash-FIFTY-THOUSAND-jobs-reduce-bonuses-expenses-profits-opportunities-continue-dry-up.html#ixzz3PIOnjzw9

Bank Of America: Revenue Miss Leads To More Uncertainty
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2823886-bank-of-america-revenue-miss-leads-to-more-uncertainty


Read more at http://investmentwatchblog.com/theres-blood-on-the-street-wall-streets-biggest-banks-have-slashed-nearly-50000-jobs-as-bonuses-and-expense-accounts-are-drying-up/#YqTAZEdAEgAkhvdi.99

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 Near Billion Dollar Loss After Swiss Bank Change in Policy Blows Up Hedge Fund




Everest Capital's Global Fund  has lost almost all its money after the Swiss National Bank scrapped its three-year-old cap on the franc against the euro, Bloomberg news reports.

The fund, like many others, had a major "carry trade" position on that worked only if the Swiss central bank continued to prop up the euro.

When SNB pulled the plug on support, carry traders experienced massive losses. (SEE:Understanding the Swiss Central Bank Move and Its Implications for the Rest of 2015: A Guide for Dummies)  Everest had about $830 million in assets at the end of 2014, according to a client report cited by Bloomberg. That is now all gone, The fund is dead.

I expect more hedge fund bodies to float to the surface in coming days.
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2015/01/near-billion-dollar-loss-after-swiss.html

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

2014: Global Monetary War.

Jim Willy yesterday published a great run down of the 2014 epic explosion of the Global Monetary War.   While I may not always agree with Jim's conclusions, I can rarely cast doubt on his facts and intel as so often it exactly lines up with what I am hearing at the exact same time.

The US Dollar is dead.  Never to be revived as the global reserve currency.  What we are witnessing right now is just a headless chicken running around the yard, smashing into anything it's path as it winds through it's final death throes. 


While I do not think that Gold & Silver are the final answer, it seems assured that the return to the gold standard is standing right in front of us.  How long will that system of slavery 2.0 last?  Not long.  But it's appearance in the main stream will be the trumpeted final call of all that we label "Finance" and "Economy" and "Money" in the terms that are commonly understood today in the public's perception.  When that clarion call is heard, I think we will see a change - TRUE CHANGE- as those who've been quietly waiting in the back ground stand up and take action. 

Regardless of the moment to moment death throws of the western stranglehold on global finances, as they are perceived by the world, the final outcome is a foregone conclusion.  Yes, I love to (and will continue to) poke fingers at the dying beast, with a running commentary (most likely dripping with sarcasm) of it's ridiculous flopping and crashing willy nilly into everything that is put in front of it, but the ending of this tale of epic Grimmness will remain the same....

...The End.  With nary a "Happily ever after" in sight for the headless chicken and it's puppet masters.

D




Widespread Deceptions & Hall Of Mirrors

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As 2014 leaves off and 2015 begins anew, the   
 main theme seems to be the end of the American Empire, the demise of the Petro-Dollar, the blunt of USMilitary over-reach, and the global urgency of putting the King Dollar into a cement casing coffin. The global movement will gain strong momentum to end the dollarized terrorized nightmare. The entire world is coming to realize that the USDollar is wrecking the financial structures, ruining economies, forcing colossal debt abuses, while its defense is a grand threat to world peace. The extension of time before the execution has required pilferage of foreign adversary wealth and confiscation of foreign allied wealth. Shrouded in the entire grand transition is a myriad of deceptions, each playing a special role to maintain the system that favors the exceptional criminal and corrupt nation, the United States. The deceptions carry over into almost every aspect of financial and economic life and times. The hall of mirrors has become the American hallmark, soon to serve as the epitaph of fallen empire.
The Fascist Business Model will soon suffer a closed final chapter, an evitable conclusion to two decades of extraordinary thefts, pilferage, and grabs that have recently been in full view with little attempt to conceal the actions. War to defend the USDollar sounded like crazy talk in 2005 and 2006 when the Jackass made first reference. War crimes have coincided with monetary recklessness and profound bond fraud. Now the bellicose defense of a corrupt crippled cancerous USDollar is utterly obvious, except of course to those who continue wear red white & blue under-garments and continue to salute the captured flag.
Many are the deceptions as features to the diverse and powerful End Game underway and in progress. It is like a pathogenesis for the cancer which has become the USDollar. Any currency supported by hyper monetary inflation on one side, profound bond fraud on a second side, rigged markets on a third side, and war on a fourth side, is no longer honorable or worthy of further viability. The doctors are not treating the cancer; they are spreading it. The bankers and phony statesmen and military agents are the doctors, spreading it to the diverse areas of the world like metastasis. The deceptions deserve some explanation in outline form. The common theme is the grand deceptions committed on a regular frequent basis by the United States, the core of the fascist state movement, the site wishing to preserve he USDollar printing privilege, the home of the economy on a credit card, the headquarters of war with motive to defend the cancerous USDollar and its entire supporting criminal cast, the base where global bank rules are disseminated much like a genetically modified dandelion.

NUMEROUS GRAND DECEPTIONS

  • USDollar is described and portrayed as strong, when its higher value relative to other worthless fiat paper currencies indicates the entire financial structures are breaking down in visible terms
  • Central banks carry the QE load, while they lie about hidden support for fractured devastated bank derivatives possibly in the $trillions, and while they speak of its stimulus (but it kills capital on Main Street)
  • USEconomy in depression with numerous sectors falling, but called 3% growth in aggregate (a grotesque basic contradiction), as Sears approaches bankrupty and numerous major employers announce job cuts due to poor sales
  • US-based jobless rate over 22%, as millions fall off the counter, while fewer full-time jobs are in the USEconomy than in 2007, as part-time low level posts dominate
  • US stole Ukraine central bank gold, but blamed Russia for annexing Crimea during the simplistic distraction
  • US attempting to capture entire European Union set of member states under the NATO flag, forcing compliance by member nations and obedience to its Supreme Commander in a virtual coup d’etat of Europe under the Ukraine War shadow
  • US denigrates the value of Gold while the USMilitary and adjunct agencies steal central bank gold across the world, following the standard destabilization activity endorsed by the Langley crew
  • US succumbs to European Gold repatriations, when nations in Central Europe prepare to produce a gold hoard toward the Eurasian Trade Zone gold backed currency, the gold hoard submitted for inclusion in the return to the Gold Standard
  • The Gold Standard will not be permitted a return via the FOREX platform, so therefore it will arrive by extreme disruptive force via the Trade platform, which will render the USTreasury Bond useless dead weight of the toxic variety in the global banking system (then discarded)
  • US pushes the trade pacts with Europe and Asia as positive growth devices, when the pact is loaded with corporate power grabs in patents, legal procedure, and internet censorship (pact being given same reception as a thorny chastity belt)
  • US talks about isolating Russia like childlike aggressive morons (with its 13 time zones, huge energy fields and vast metal deposits), while US-led sanctions have backfired to isolate the United States from the 170 nations within the BRICS Alliance
  • US blamed North Korea for the SONY hacking, when done as inside job in clear terms by a disgruntled employee after his dismissal (never let a crisis go to waste)
  • US makes nice with Cuba after Russia & China invest $billions, with the errant lunatic hope of gathering some lucrative construction contracts, which would mean R&C fund projects done by US corporations (not a ice cube chance in hell)
  • US uses ISIS card after Iraq nation building suffered Shiite majority, the Baghdad Parliament becoming unmanageable therefore required the Langley second card of hired hidden mercenaries to capture oil fields and to steal central bank funds while maintaining a high pitched fear level (beheadings on television fully orchestrated, the proof being zero blood spurts from the neck area in doctored films)
  • US pretends to push Ruble currency down and USDollar up, when the USD is dying a horrible death from lost control, fractured platforms, and knee-jerk reactions toward safe haven, as the Petro-Dollar has been quietly dismantled without fanfare
  • US tells of Russians selling Gold reserves to manage Ruble pain, while the Kremlin acquires Gold from energy trade payments and spends its toxic USTreasury Bonds held in reserves (the exact opposite)
  • US debt rating agencies cut Russian debt to junk, while the USGovt suspended the debt limit and runs up debt past the $18 trillion mark, never to be repaid, and while the USGovt debt is supported by QE bond monetization and confiscation of Japanese Govt pension funds (prompting attention on which nation is busted broke and barren, namely the accuser)
  • US talks of BRICS as crippled nations destined to falter, when they are strong, with ample resources, not much debt, ample cheap labor, improved education, and utterly huge reserves (like over 65% of global reserve wealth)
  • Central banks fight for survival in final Competing Currency War round of devaluations, as nation after nation departs from the USDollar salute support
  • Southern European sovereign bonds enjoy ultra-low yields, not from health and fiscal soundness, but from rampant Euro Central Bank coverage
  • Germany has been fighting in the open versus the European Central Bank, challenging the legality of super seniority bonds, declaring them illegal in the German High Court, while Germany prepares the fundamental groundwork for departing the common Euro region
  • Scotland and Swiss Referendums on independence and gold management fail, but with likely rigged votes by the fascists in power
  • Lower oil price described as beneficial to USEconomy on consumer side, but a horrible wet blanket on the oil industry capital budgets, and a total wrecking ball on their shale oil subprime bonds soon to enter failure
  • Pretension of fixes for LIBOR, FOREX, and Gold markets when all remain irreparably corrupt, broken, and entrenched, but with some shocks likely to come soon from BAFIN investigations on the Gold market corruption done by Deutsche Bank, in service to London and Wall Street
  • US begins with sponsored BitCoin entries, which are controlled by Wall Street and Langley, used to co-opt a legitimate movement which has potential in the near future for gold-backed retail payment system using debit cards
  • The West has a lost concept of capitalism and business formation and work, as the US falls into the socialist trap led by fascist warmongering with confiscations, laden by handouts for the lazy, the ignorant, namely the Obama supporters
  • 2015 will be the year where the entire system fractures openly in obvious ways that cannot be denied, which will call for meaningful remedy centered on the Gold Standard finally (the last resort, the only true viable solution)
  • 2015 will be the year where nations of the world openly call for the retirement and removal of the USDollar, due to its cancerous finances related to QE monetization, forcing a disposition of corrosive reserves sitting in their banking systems, as objections to the war need for sustenance seen in multiple venues
  • The month of  February should begin to see open wounds, visible fractures, wrecked platforms, and engineered whacks by the East in numerous venues, making for an exciting but dangerous year, full of promise but loaded with risk
People had better prepare themselves for some conclusion events, certain to occur with fireworks. The USDollar is soon to go away, put to rest, killed off. Its rise signals its demise. The hidden dismantle of the Petro-Dollar mechanism has been eerie, mysterious, and full of intrigue. The Gold Standard will return, but through the trade window. The solution to the untreated Global Financial Crisis is the gold route. The Eurasian Trade Zone will be built upon the gold route, and see a revival of the Silk Road. It cannot be stopped, not even by war. The safe haven is not the USDollar, but rather Gold & Silver bars & coins, otherwise defined as money. The crisis is better described as the Global Monetary War. Any nation wishing to establish trade or a monetary system centered upon gold is branded a rogue nation, subject to extreme propaganda. This is precisely why Russia is being vilified, since they want no more USDollar in trade or banking, and lead a global movement to discard the USD as global reserve currency. The solution is with precious metals as the core to banking, trade, and currency, even wealth preservation. The new 2015 year will be exciting. As the Jackass forecasted, 2014 did indeed end much differently from the way it began. The agents of change are working at hyper-speed now. The USDollar is doomed, and its captains are running for their lives. They are not worth bargaining with in magnanimous cut deals. Better to treat them like fire ants and bothersome fleas and diseased rodents and rabid dogs. The return of Gold to its primacy is long overdue.

Saturday, 20 December 2014

Being Prepared is not Fear- do YOU have the power?

As I said in last nights Transpicuous News Report, I am not a negative person, nor a pessimist- far from it in fact.  But I am a Realist, and right now, the Realist in me says "Be Prepared".

At this moment, the world of "Finance" "Economy" and Government idiocy is collapsing all around the globe.  I do not say this lightly.  After posting TN last night, I opened my skype to 5 more news articles that point a very huge finger at just how close the collapse of the current financial system is.

I have written for years about the coming changes to the currently slavery financial system and ultimately it's collapse.  I have also been talking about the fact that the "New" financial system that "they" are putting in to replace it, is just slavery 2.0 edition.  The battle is on at the moment to see which faction will get their agenda and system in place first.  Not that it matters, as each one is just a variation of the slavery/fraud theme, which just puts a different face on who everyone thinks is in charge.  It doesn't matter, one way or the other though, because in my opinion, even their "New" financial system will very quickly been seen for what it is and crash.  The re-phoenixing of the systems is NOT going to work.   Now, as I said in Transpicuous News last night, I do believe that there are those waiting in the wings for the final curtain call, people who are ready and able to pick up the broken pieces and actually FIX the problems that we are currently facing, but before that happens, I think we will have to seen the complete collapse of this fraudulent slave system in it's entirety.

Which brings me to my point: BE PREPARED

I'm not a pessimist and I'm certainly not a fear mongerer. Those who've been reading RTS know that I don't fall for the "fear porn".  But I'm also not willing to gamble my family on the hope that this coming collapse is going to be all unicorns farting rainbows.

Let's play a game of "What if".

What if the big banks- or even just your bank in your local town- goes bankrupt and suddenly shuts it's doors?
-Do you have access to money?  Do you have access to your credit/debit card? Do you have food and supplies on hand to look after your family (and perhaps unprepared friends) for 3 days?  A week? Do you have gas in your car?

What if the big banks close and there is a bank run (which is already been seen in several countries yet covered up by the main stream media)?

What if there is a panic run when people can't get their money, or just freak out about the whole situation?

What if a "state of emergency" is enforced and you are stuck away from home? or stuck at home?

None of these situations are impossible.  As a matter of fact, judging from what is being seen, I would say most of these situations are probable.At this very moment the "Big 5" in the US are completely bankrupt- hence the fact that they passed that lovely "bail out" clause in the US 2015 budget- "they" KNOW what is coming.  European banks are not any better off either.  As matter of fact, the European Union is on the verge of collapse all on it's own, regardless of the global economic situation.

Are you Prepared?  Do you know where everything is that you might need? Do you have a meet up point prearranged with your family and friends just in case you need to leave your home?  These are important questions.

Many of my newer readers may not know it, but I use to be a hard core prepper.  Nick and I recognized back in 2001, then further in 2009, that the current "system" was failing and that it was our responsibility to look after our family.  We had spent years watching various government agencies dropping the ball during major emergencies and realized that we needed to be completely self sufficient.  This meant gathering knowledge because knowledge is the KEY to getting through any situation.  Over the course of several years I gathered an entire hard drive full of information, books, recordings, PDFs, manuals, and lists of resources.  Then the realization hit that to print out all of this information would comprise 10s of thousands of pages.... not exactly something you can carry with you in an emergency situation.  Which left the question of: POWER.  If you have an energy supply, then you always have the ability to charge batteries, to charge laptops, to have light and even heat and refridgeration.  But it comes down to having a power supply that is self sufficient, renewable/self recharging, and is transportable.  This is when Nick began his journey into studying and creating an alternative energy supply.  Nick has been working on several energy designs (we won't use that bad word "free energy", lol) for many years, and has worked on several designs that would allow off the grid power anywhere.

Two days ago we recorded the video (below), and gave the information about crystal batteries and how we are moving forward to the world.  This is vitally important information for those people who are looking for an easily transportable, self recharging power source. We are working on getting the fully documented video instructions out to the public in the next few weeks, but in the mean time, Nick's notes, and this recording are an excellent start to building your own crystal battery.

Crystal batteries have been around in the alternative media circuit for a few years.  Laserhacker proved that his small self recharging test battery is still lighting an led bulb 2 years later, without showing any signs of degradation.  What Nick has done is to morph the salts used, changing how they are mixed and applied it to a car battery- 12 volts of easily moveable/transportable power.  This energy supply can be used to take a room of your house "off grid", or wired in series to create a larger output. It can be used in an RV, camper, boat, cottage, workshop etc... to supply "electricity" for small appliances, power tools, lights, or any other application that falls within the output of the crystal battery itself.  Most importantly, these batteries are  self recharging, cheap to make and easy to build and set up!  Besides the battery itself, all you need is an inverter, and away you go.

Please share this information about the crystal batteries with your networks, groups, friends and families.  The original article with all of Nick's notes is available here:

http://www.removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2014/12/nick-mckenny-crystal-battery-next-step.html







Even the US treasury Dept knows that shit is about to get real.

Treasury Department Seeking Survival Kits For Bank Employees

This is an article that I first posted in 2012.  It contains a massive amount of information and knowledge and covers a vast amount of topics.  Most of the information is in PDF format so they are easily downloadable, and stored on a hard/external drive.

For me... I'm not going to wait around for anyone else to look after myself and my family.  I'm pretty independent that way- regardless of who the "savior" is that is suppose to be rescuing us all, lol.  


I am my own damn savior.

'nuff said.

Updated and Reposted from April 4th, 2012: 
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2012/04/being-prepared.html


Being Prepared


In the last year, we have had more natural disasters than any other year in the past couple hundred years (or at least, since records have been kept). Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earth quakes, wild fires, droughts. If you don't want to think about the economic crisis that is raging around the world, or believe the reports of the massive arrests and changes that are about to happen.... fine. Don't. Instead, think about the natural disasters that could strike. Instead, prepare your family in case of a natural disaster. Do you have enough food and water for your family to survive for 3 days or more? Do you have a way to cook your food without electricity? Do you have a way to keep your family warm without natural gas? If a disaster strikes and you are forced to flee from your home (think: house fire, earth quake, flooding,....) can you get everything you need and get out- in 2 minutes or less? Where are your important papers? Do you have warm clothing ready? Do you have food you can take with you? What about your pets? What about your memories- photos etc? Do you have an emergency meet up place planned just in case your family is at different locations when you need to "bug out" - if you or your partner is at work, how will you find each other?

Review this doc from the USNA about natural disasters;

Review info about creating an emergency plan and an emergency kit:

Remember Katrina- hundreds of people DIED because they were not prepared and just thought that the government would take care of them.... we all know what a mess the US gov. made of that emergency. Do NOT assume that someone else will "take care of it" or that your local government will look after you. YOU need to be responsible for YOUR family. Keeping your head in the sand and ignoring the potential dangers is risking the lives of your family. Being Prepared doesn't have to take lots of money. Being Prepared doesn't have to take a huge amount of time.  But being prepared can save your life. 


Here's some food for thought:





Here's one of my favorite articles of all time about disaster preparations.... who said the CDC doesn't have a sense of humor?!
http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/


This site is an excellent place to get great "how to" instructions- for everything from building a shelter, filtering water, lighting a fire, making a survival kit, making solar ovens and dehydrators..... you name it- it's in here:

http://www.instructables.com/

Here is a huge list of E-Books that have excellent info that can be saved on an external drive or printed off for emergency reference:


BIRTH

Emergency Childbirth

Rixa’s Birth Manual



FIREARMS

Canadian Firearms Safety Course

Canadian Restricted Firearms Safety Course

FOOD

Acorn as Food

Backpack Gourmet

Canning Basics, Wild Game

Canning, Complete Guide

Capturing Heat

Complete Book of Home Preserving


Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms

Edible Wild Plants


Homemade Jerky Drier Instructions

Native Game Recipes

Physical Principles of Food Preservation

Preparing Safer Jerky

Raw Foods for Busy People

Root Cellars Vegetable Storage

Sausage Making

Survival Foods



HEALTH

especially "Where there is no doctor" and "A book for midwives"

Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

Handbook of Medicinal Spices

NOLS Wilderness Medicine
https://books.google.co.ma/books?id=CsWOC5KTFDoC&pg=PA262&dq=emergency+dental+in+the+wilderness&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KnyVVLiZI4_5asWogqgH&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=emergency%20dental%20in%20the%20wilderness&f=false



MAPS

topographical maps of canada

Huge selection of maps of canada on all ranges of topics

MTO road maps of ontario

links to download google maps, mapquest, yahoo maps etc...

Be Expert with Map and Compass 

PETS



SKILLS

The Craft of the Knot: From Fishing Knots to Bowlines and Bends, a PracticalGuide
 

Fishing For Dummies
https://books.google.co.ma/books?id=XQ4zLOmIUIAC&pg=PT1&dq=fishing+for+dummies&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hYGVVJmkIMnoas2TgMAN&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=fishing%20for%20dummies&f=false



The Complete Book of Fire: Building Campfires for Warmth, Light, Cooking
https://books.google.co.ma/books?id=Qgd4QB1Eje0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=how+to+build+a+camp+fire&hl=en&sa=X&ei=E4KVVLXAKYKAadXqgdAI&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=how%20to%20build%20a%20camp%20fire&f=false
The Trapper's Bible: Traps, Snares & Pathguards PDF ebook
http://ebook.stepor.com/book/the-trapper-s-bible-traps-snares-amp-pathguards-85335-pdf.html


Auto Repair For Dummies
https://books.google.co.ma/books?id=F5gahYoU4_oC&pg=PA522&dq=emergency+automobile+repair&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rIOVVOKWF5TfatqugaAG&ved=0CBoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

SURVIVAL

Army Survival Field Manual

US Army Survival Manual FM 21-76May 2002


Ranger Handbook  SH 21-76


US Army Survival Manual - 1999 - pdf download 

The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency

When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes


Essentials of Sea Survival

Firefighter Safety and Survival, 1st ed.
https://books.google.co.ma/books?id=FT_1wTtqUmwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=survival++books&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RnqVVL7mKY2raev5gTg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=survival%20%20books&f=false


A list of online resources for down loading books and information:



this is a search engine to find free downloadable books

June 1992-
U.S. Army Survival Manual FM 21-76



This is an excellent page with numerous links to downloadable info on foraging, herbals, survival, canning and preserving, making fuel, .... the list goes on and on!
http://12160.info/profiles/blogs/survival-books-free-downloads


An excellent resource for solar anything- with links to many "how To" sites- definitely one to bookmark
http://www.builditsolar.com/index.htm



List of Websites:

http://survivalblog.com/
http://www.collapsenet.com/

http://oath-keepers.blogspot.com//
https://www.intellihub.com/
http://www.theurbansurvivalist.blogspot.com/
http://www.shtfblog.com/
http://offgridsurvival.com/survivalwebsites/
http://www.activistpost.com/


I find it interesting that NASA has their own "Preparedness" site, eh?

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/hq/emergency/personalPreparedness/#.VJWJgP8ACA