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I haven't heard and fat lady sing and I don't think this thing is over.
1 posted on 07/31/2011 9:23:57 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...

PING!


2 posted on 07/31/2011 9:25:54 PM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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Costco has 50lbs rice for $17 and 50lbs bread flour for $16.
That’s 2000 calories a day for 82 days for $33.
Easy backup or starting point.
No-brainer for first step or easy extension.


3 posted on 07/31/2011 9:30:40 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: Kartographer

I think the fat lady is still backstage.


4 posted on 07/31/2011 9:30:40 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: Kartographer

What happened in Dec of 2001?


5 posted on 07/31/2011 9:36:37 PM PDT by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: Kartographer

Almost picked up one of those Chinese SKS’s this weekend.

But I got tons of .223 and would rather get something else that can shoot it...

Maybe an AR15 or another Mini...


8 posted on 07/31/2011 9:46:13 PM PDT by djf (One of the few FReepers who NEVER clicked the "dead weasel" thread!! But may not last much longer...)
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To: Kartographer
"The next 72hs: What last minute preps to take?"

I'd be one of those rural people, who continues life as usual (rural people being "weird," according to some suburban folks).


9 posted on 07/31/2011 9:48:36 PM PDT by familyop ("Plan? There ain't no plan!" --Pigkiller, "Beyond Thunderdome")
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To: Kartographer

Ammo, and lots of it.


10 posted on 07/31/2011 9:54:00 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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Keep it simple - and cheap. Don’t try to stock up planning on big, fancy dinner parties. Depends on what your current living situation is as to what you need to stock. For instance, we have a well with prep for manual use, so we didn’t need to store up a lot of drinking water. Think it out and do what is right for you; and don’t stress. Make a start a step or two at a time, and keep on a day at a time.


12 posted on 07/31/2011 10:01:41 PM PDT by Twinkie (It's the STUPID SPENDING, Stupid!)
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The next 72hs: What last minute preps to take?

Step One: Load the Garands

14 posted on 07/31/2011 10:16:48 PM PDT by TonyInOhio (H-O-L-D F-A-S-T)
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To: Kartographer

How long will the water last in those plastic jugs you get at the grocery store?

Sorry to ask such a rudimentary question.


31 posted on 07/31/2011 11:04:41 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Kartographer

FerFAL lives in Argentina and has an excellent survival blog:

blogspot.ferfal.com

He is very knowledgeable about self-defense and weaponry. He has a great sense of humor too, and is politically a libertarian (hates the Kirschners, Peronistas, etc.). I hope he finds a way to get to the US.


32 posted on 07/31/2011 11:13:35 PM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Darwinism is to Genesis as Global Warming is to Revelations.)
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To: Kartographer
Poor America.

You know, I would have kinda' thought this was fringe, nutcake stuff long ago.

But not that much anymore these days. Looking at other countries. Seeing Hollywood Blvd. the other night in LA. Knowing the power of Twitter to assemble large, anarchic entitled, pissed off Obamanastic crowds and illegales in a matter of minutes at one location...past US riots.....on and a on an on on and on...the beat dont stop till the break of dawn.....

At least to be prepared is to live in a better state of peace of mind, I will say that much.

Love your family, and protect them (and yourself), and have a plan folks. Then just live life, but you will know in the back of your mind you have some modicum of control over events.

38 posted on 08/01/2011 2:40:41 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (If Obama is reelected some how, in your heart of hearts, then, WHAT does that say about "America"?)
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To: Kartographer

I hate to see some of you come December 21st, 2012. =.=


40 posted on 08/01/2011 3:17:53 AM PDT by cranked
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I’m serving up led to any perps that try to break down my door.


65 posted on 08/01/2011 11:04:46 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Kartographer

Sam’s Club is having a “free” weekend (8/5-7) - you don’t have to be a member to shop (saves you 40 bucks).

You still have to be savvy, since the prices there aren’t always lower than your local market sales.


81 posted on 08/01/2011 1:52:35 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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Reading the article one thing jumps out at me again, something I’ve been arguing for a long time.

STAY HOME!!!

I hear references to people talking about bug-out-bags and bug-out-locations and I think well, dude, yur just askin to get yourself killed on the road, probably alone, in some far-distant place you are not familiar with at all.

Far better, far far better to identify and find resources and like-minded people near where you are and have a plan.

Bug-out is crazy. If anything serious was to really start, the roads would be impassable in the first hour!


102 posted on 08/01/2011 7:39:02 PM PDT by djf (One of the few FReepers who NEVER clicked the "dead weasel" thread!! But may not last much longer...)
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To: Kartographer

The last minute preps that are extremely important are documents. Do you really have those birth certificates, passports, vehicle titles, bank records, shot records, names/addresses/phone numbers/email addresses/frequencies, etc.? Check, check, and re-check. Check them right now and order or replace anything you find missing.


115 posted on 08/01/2011 8:42:17 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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