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Veterans and Active Duty Military,

I may not agree with why our country sends our men to war, but I thank all of you for your willingness to fight for freedom, and to lay down your life for another.

“No greater love is this…” –Jesus

Please Watch this video… once again, thank you.

Everything from batteries to medical advice to some even more personal advice and LOTS of electrical questions.

Show Notes: theprepperpodcast.com/052

Housekeeping:

This is the episode that should have been the one year anniversary, If you would like to contact me and leave feedback for the show:

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JBradbury may be coming back as our news correspondent.

I have been asked for product reviews… so here is my first one!

 

Product Review: Tru-Spec Lightweight Pants

 

TRU-SPEC Men’s Lightweight 24-7 Pant

* Bought two pair to try

* Charcoal and Coyote

* The material is 65% poly and 35% cotton

* First thing I noticed was the feel of the fabric.  It was thin but seemed extremely strong.

* When I put them on

* 2 buttons

* Legs were too long, but hemming is an option

* The comfort fit slider waistband

* No elastic or side tabs

* Wearing the pants

* I could feel the strength of the reinforced knee

* I kept finding pockets!

* Comfortable in almost all weather

* When worn with a golf-polo, and charcoal tru-spec, I looked like law inforcement.

* Tried them with a dinner jacket, but it didn’t work.  Black probably needed for this

* Besides a jacket, the charcoal could be dressed up quite a bit

* The coyote was exactly the same, but looked like a brown Carhart work pant.

* As I was traveling for about an hour, I placed a couple drops of water on the pant

* Two smaller drops took about 30 minutes to get into the pant

* The larger drop took almost an hour

* I bought a pair of 5-11s for the trip as well for comparison, but I like these pants much more.

Brian from Grand Rapids

* Question:

* What level of medical training do I need?  Currently first aid with aed and cpr.  Considering emt basic.  Good idea? Overkill?

* Answers:

* The more medical training you have, the better…

* I just finished a few medical training seminars that you can download theprepperpodcast.com/firstaid

* first aid is great,

* when you add cpr you add the ability to save lives

* when you add aed, you dramatically raise your chances for saving lives.  This only works if an aed is available.

* EMT-B in true practice is extremely dangerous.

* Items that you may deal with:

* Odd scene scenarios such as electrical failures (svc or power lines), gas explosions, exposure to hazardous chemicals

* Things you may be responsible for:

* Assessing the situation

* Initial Trauma Assessment

* Rapid Treatment in Mass Casualty (START Method)

The Safety of The People Shall Be The Highest Law

~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

Vacation is over:

This is a  throwback issue from episode 23 about the best Non-Lethal Weapons for men, women, and home defense

* Security System Ideas

* Dogs

* False TVs

* Lights

* Locks

* Door Jams

* Window strengthening

* Defense like guns

* Non-lethal items such as

9.1 pepper-spray

9.2  baseball bats and batons

9.3  lights

9.4  slingshots and more

 

 

Show Notes: theprepperpodcast.com/051

Housekeeping:

* I am wrapping up the outage as well.

* This has and will continue to be a busy 3 weeks for me, so I have to give you a few “best-of” podcasts

* I am finally beginning to pick up checking my emails.

As you know, I have products coming out.  Now that people are purchasing, I have the funds to create a forum website for your use.  I even had one awesome listener… and probably soon to be… business partner that will administer the forum.  If there are any great business attorneys that want to help with drafting of a partnership agreement, contact me by email.

I think the next show is going to be one where I answer all of your questions.  Join in as well.  If there are too many to do in one show, I may make it a two-show thing.  If you keep sending me feedback I will try to answer at least one question per show

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Remember my Products:

* theprepperpodcast.com/howtobeaprepper

* I have not one, but two new medical products coming out!

a. The main one is called “Advanced First Aid Kits”

b. The smaller one is called “The Gun Carrier’s Trauma Kit”

c. Because of the split of products, I have decided that if you purchase the Trauma Kit training, the price of the training will be off of the First aids kit.

* I give tons of discounts on any products that are available as well

a. Listeners of TPP

b. Readers of TCS

c. Service Members Discount (whole thing)

By Failing To Prepare, You Are Preparing To Fail. ~ Ben Franklin

 

A throwback issue from episode 14 about non-perishable food storage, copy-canning, how to do so inexpensively, and I even lay out a plan to give you examples of how to supplement your diet with non-perishable alternatives when disaster strikes and you have to rely on your stores.

Show Notes: theprepperpodcast.com/050, theprepperpodcast.com/foodstorage

Housekeeping:

I am wrapping up my vacation:

* I will be in middle of a maintenance outage.

* This has and will continue to be a busy 3 weeks for me, so I have to give you a few “best-of” podcasts

* I also may be slow to answer people in email and social media

Products:

* theprepperpodcast.com/howtobeaprepper

* I have not one, but two new medical products coming out!

a. I split one from the main one

b. The main one is called “Advanced First Aid Kits”

c. The smaller one is called “The Gun Carrier’s Trauma Kit”

d. DO NOT PURCHASE the trauma kit training even if I have it available.  I have an important announcement to tell you, that may actually make you NOT want to buy it.  WHAT?!?!?!

Just because I couldn’t get enough questions prior to my 1 year show, doesn’t mean I will not answer them.  Look forward to that show coming up.  Join in as well.

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* Email me (ken (a) theprepperpodcast (dot) com)

* comments in show notes

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A throwback issue from episode 7 about finding true north using a compass, the north star, the sun-stick-shadow method, and even more, such as

* Polaris (North Star)

* Southern Cross and the South Celestial Pole

* The movement of the stars

* The stick shadow-tip method to find east and west

* Orion’s belt to find south

* The crescent moon

* Makeshift Compass Needle

* A dial watch

Show Notes: theprepperpodcast.com/049, theprepperpodcast.com/findingnorth

Housekeeping:

I am on a vacation:

* Lots of hiking, trees, and waterfalls

* Once I am back from vacation, I will be in middle of a maintenance outage.

* A busy 3 weeks for me, so I have to give you a few “best-of” podcasts

* I also may be slow to answer people in email and social media

Products:

* theprepperpodcast.com/howtobeaprepper

* I have not one, but two new medical products coming out!  One was to be part of the other, but during recording, I decided to separate it, just due to the shear importance of it.  It is… The GUN CARRIER’S trauma kit!

* Maybe next week, I will tell you what the other training is

 

Not enough questions for the one year anniversary but I will answer them in another show at a later date, to join in, send me questions!!!

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* Email me (ken (a) theprepperpodcast (dot) com)

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Small-scale aquaculture requires low-cost labor and doesn’t require much investment and effort once the ponds have been set up. – Patrick Dugan

 

Housekeeping:

Feedback:

* Didn’t get enough questions, but that is ok. Thanks to those who did give me feedback.

* Send me feedback at 978-566-9748 or 978-KNOWS-IT

* Banner on website

* [email protected] for written questions… “questions” in subject line.

ITunes:

* Head over to ITunes and give me a review

Vacation and Outage:

* I will be going on vacation soon. It will be for a while.

a. insert rant about shopping with wife here…

* Then I have a maintenance outage at work where I will pull 72 hour work weeks (realistically add another 15 hours to that).

* What this means is I will be selecting old podcasts from the archives and adding potentially a new intro.

* Go ahead and subscribe to my blog, because I will be probably chronicling my trip.

* I enjoy my occupation, and do it to the best of my abilities, but I really have a passion to teach survival to everyone

* I can only do this by selling my products because I will always have my podcast and my blog for FREE.

Products:

* How To Be a Prepper: One Year Emergency Preparedness System : From nothing to one year of self reliance.

* This will show you how to get through 99% of all Disasters comfortably!

* This includes financial resiliency, such as budgets and investing, as well as preparedness planning and purchases.

* This is designed to allow you to prepare while staying within budget.

* If you have come to the realization that you MUST do SOMETHING but have no idea where to start, this is what you need.

* If you ask things like:

a. How can we budget our preparedness?

b. What is the FIRST THING I need to do?

c. Where will I go if I have to bug out?

d. When I need to stay at home for disaster?

e. WHAT do I need to have on hand?

f. All of the answers are here!

FREE WEBINAR:

* I know I keep teasing you guys with the launch of a new product that is designed to assist you in your medical resiliency.

* In celebration of the release of the product, I will be hosting a FREE webinar. I discuss ways you can enhance your kits.

* I already recorded it and will let you know when it comes out.

* Obviously if you listen to my podcast on a regular basis, you know that I don’t hold back information on a topic. I prepare for HOURS for each podcast and take the time to write up all the show notes so you can have written versions of what I talk about.

* This webinar is not a crappy five minute marketing video, it is 45 minutes long and is designed to actually give you great information. As I get closer to the date for the webinar, I will tell you more.

   Ex Military: to find cool stuff go to govx.com

Show Notes: theprepperpodcast.com/048, theprepperpodcast.com/aquaponics

Discussion:

Purpose of Aquaculture

* Primary objective is to raise fish or aquatic life like shellfish, crawfish, or snails.

Benefits of Aquaculture

* Helps meet your fish demands with little impact (reduce over-fishing)

Drawbacks of Aquaculture

* Nutrient Pollution

a. Via fish gills, feces, unconsumed fish pellets

* Causes eutrophication

a. Definition: excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.

b. Reduces water quality

c. Causes excess plant growth and decay, certain species favored over others like choking aquatic vegetation

 

Imagine living in the kind of world where we don’t look out for each other, where you don’t have compassion or care not just for the other people or even to those closest to us… How lonely life can be, how cruel and miserable life it will be. Isn’t it?

Housekeeping:

Products:

* theprepperpodcast.com/howtobeaprepper

* new product coming soon, I am not telling you what it is yet

1 year anniversary coming up, send me questions!!!

* theprepperpodcast.com/facebook, twitter, googleplus

* Email me (ken (a) theprepperpodcast (dot) com)

* best method is to call: 978-KNOWS-IT or 978-566-9748

Show Notes:theprepperpodcast.com/047, theprepperpodcast.com/neighborprepping

Prepping How To and Charity: Neighbors, Friends, & Families

* Did a blog on this concept: Prepping How To & Charity: Neighbors, Friends, & Families Idea came from a complaint that a blogger had, erroneously calling prepper’s selfish.

* We teach our children to be productive, not to be a burden, but not to rely on the system in difficult times.

* I considered her ignorance.  You don’t argue with ignorance, you teach it.

* So, first, we need to try to change the mindset of those that would be unprepared, then we fall back on what we stock up for their help.

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Prepare to help families, friends, and neighbors

* Our Direct family will probably be ok, but our extended family, friends, and neighbors may not

* They don’t choose to prepare

* Where do you think they will turn to

* They will be the ones knocking on your door, asking for your food

* People will turn to the prepared for help

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Why do we want to prepare for our friends and neighbors?:

* A few bucks could save a life

* People that are looking to take advantage of others could be paid to go away

*

I do not “announce” that I have preps set aside, so I can properly ration it.

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When this happens you can:

* Turn them away

* Have portioned preps meant to help them out

* Probably not enough to keep them healthy, but SOMETHING to help them help themselves

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What do we look for in our “neighborhood preps”?

* Cheap

* Easy to store

* High in energy

* Help them stay alive

* Keeps them “friendly” to you

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What we don’t look for:

* Fresh Produce

* Grass Fed Beef

* High End, Expensive, High Nutrient Food

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Items:

* Dried Beans: High Protein, substitute for meat for vegetarians

* Pinto

* Black

* Northern

* Navy

* Lima

* Split peas

* Lentils

* 20 lbs for 20 bucks at Amazon

* Found a pound bag of Black-Eyed peas for 60 cents at the grocery store

* Rice: Cheap Staple, saves lives of starving people overseas

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No One Cares About Your Life And Liberty More Than You. Protect Yourself From Those Taking Advantage Of The Justice System. Is It Important To Know Your Rights!

Housekeeping: 

Products:

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* new product coming soon, I am not telling you what it is yet

1 year anniversary coming up, send me questions!!!

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* Email me

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Show Notes: theprepperpodcast.com/046, theprepperpodcast.com/billofrights

Why is it important to know your rights:

* No one cares about your life and liberty more than you

* Ruler’s, Dictators, an governments have taken people’s rights away.

* Law enforcement will find it difficult to take advantage of you

* Everyone lies

* Your rights when stopped:

* What you say WILL be used against you.

* You do NOT have t answer a police officer’s questions

* You do NOT have to consent to a search of yourself, your car, or your house.

* You can keep from incriminating yourself

* Don’t say it, because they are listening

* You can protect yourself from those taking advantage of the justice system

* You can get knowledgeable professionals to represent your case

* You can use the power of the population for checking the system

* You can have your ideas heard

* You can tell everyone about a terrible wrongdoing

* You can protect yourself from the criminal

* Both social and political

* You can protect your privacy… well, sort of.

The Bill of Rights:

1. (Article the Third) Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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* Religious Freedom: The government can’t place one religion over another, can’t stop people from practicing their religion

* Freedom of speech: can’t stop free speech

* Freedom to peaceably assemble: can’t stop me from getting a group together on the public streets in front of the white house and yelling, “Government officials are crooks!” or to complain for being such idiots.

* Freedom of press: Cannot stop news sources from reporting the news

* Freedom to petition: The government is required to allow every person to bring their issues to the table.  Typically a petition will require a certain number of signatures before it is considered valid.

2. A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

* The state here is not Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee, or Vermont.  It is the community of people, no matter how big or small.

* Right to keep and bear arms: People have the right to own and CARRY their weapons

* Right to form a Militia: to assemble into a citizen based militia for the purpose to oppose any force attempting to take away their freedoms.

* Gun Control is a violation of this amendment, which is for security of a free state.

3. No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

* Soldiers can’t force me to give them rest in my home during peace or war time… one exception: If the law has said to allow them in during these times, guess what, you gotta follow the law.

You have never heard the “how to bounce back from failure” speech like this.  With fairly motivational words, I discuss that failure leads to success, in life, AND IN PREPPING.

Don’t be afraid to fail

Show Notes: theprepperpodcast.com/045, theprepperpodcast.com/failure

How do people define failure?

Merriam-Webster: Omission of occurrence or performance or Lack of success or falling short

Redefine Failure

Instead of lack of success or non-performance, we can define it as just part of the process on the path to success

Instead of something done wrong or messed up, we can redefine it as innovation lessons or character building exercises

Failure is a learning opportunity.

Failure is success if we learn from it

Reasons to fail now instead of later:

* Availability of income streams

* You aren’t getting younger

* Current situations are more forgiving that those you are preparing for

* You aren’t emotional

* You can make it a learning opportunity because you are rational

* Compounding Results

* It is a skill and knowledge investment.

* Accidental Success

Fear failure and Reduce Failure:

* Don’t fear it to the point of inaction, just enough to understand the risks, how to mitigate them, your escape strategy.

How to use failure:

Feel it:

Don’t move on too soon.  You need to allow yourself to understand that you had a failure.  Allow some time for it to sink in and for you to process the emotions. Don’t get attached to them.

Reflect on it

In your pause, reflect and decide what went wrong.  Was it careless, was it a trial and error?

Claim Responsibility

If it is your fault, don’t blame others

If it is outside your control, don’t blame yourself.

If your involvement was cause of the failure, accept it so you can learn from it.

Admit it

Acknowledge your misstep, and move on so you can refocus going forward.

If you can’t admit it, you can’t fix it.

Take Action

Create an action plan with steps you will take.  At this point, you don’t try.

You learned, came up with a plan, now take action.

If your actions fail, you are back into the steps for using failure.

What not to do:

Move on too quickly

Don’t dismiss the failure as small or trivial.  You won’t learn from something that you see as a minor issue.

Blame or make excuses

If you don’t take ownership, you can’t learn and correct the mistake.

Only work on what you can control.

You can’t control the outcome if you don’t take some ownership.

Deny or Cover Up

If you deny your part in the mistake, you are doomed to repeat the past

Give Up Easily

Don’t give up because of fear or “not wanting to deal with it”.

Giving up is a real action that may be taken, but If it is out of fear, you will harbor regret.

The road to success is paved in failure.

Don’t be too afraid to screw up, or you may not ever begin.

Now isn’t a good time, Well, It’s never a good time.

I want you to begin your projects, fail at them, learn from the failures, and ultimately pick yourself back up, dust yourself off, and start over.

Eventually you will find yourself prepared, successful, and enjoying life, and your projects

It is all about the upcoming holiday, Labor Day!

Show Notes: theprepperpodcast.com/044

News:

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Valrico prepper Winters takes plea deal in federal gun case

Survival Jane’s Prepper Camp 2014: http://www.preppercamp.com/

go there

tell them I sent you

Discussions:

Answer the following:

What is Labor Day?

What is the history of Labor Day?

When is Labor Day? or What is Labor Day’s date?

What is the labor union’s involvement in the history of labor day?

What is Labor Day?

Holiday said to celebrate the common working man or woman and how they have built the United States.

People take the day off for this, ironically enough.

What is the history of Labor Day?

First Labor Day Observance law passed Feb 21, 1887 in Oregon.

30 states have followed suit by 1894.

June 28th congress passed an act that the first Monday in September will be the holiday.

What is the labor union’s involvement in the history of labor day?

Labor Day is lined with the blood of many workers that died at the hands of tyranny.

Pullman Strike:

“Civil Conflict” between American Railway Union and Railroad workers against Pullman Company, General Managers’ Association, The U.S. Army,

During the panic of 1893, Pullman Palace Car Company cut wages

George Pullman refused to lower rent for workers at same time

Many of the workers joined the American Railway Union

Response from General Manager’s Association was to hire black people (explain racism of the time) adding racial tension

In 1984 , after a peaceful rally for the strike, workers set fire to buildings and derailed a loco, and lots of sympathy strikers began striking across the western states

The federal government, under Grover Cleveland, had to get involved and an injunction was obtained barring union leaders from supporting the strike.

The American Railway Union ignored, so troops were called to enforce the injunction.

When a general Union Strike was called by Eugene Debs, president of the American Railway Union, but the other Unions opposed it.

Thousands of U.S. Marshals and 12000 U.S. Army troops were sent to stop the strike, because they wanted the mail running again.

When you send troops and wage war on angry people, they get more angry and try to fight back!

30 Workers were killed and 57 wounded at the hands of the us military and us marshals

What did the media, have to say?:

Of course they sided with government and ran smear campaigns against the boycotters

At the end of the strike:

Debs was arrested, and got six months in prison

When this happened Grover Cleveland had to stop the potential riots, so congress quickly and unanimously signed within six days of the end of the strike.

They didn’t want more strikes popping up.

After the fact, A national commission was appointed to investigate the strike,