Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today I go on a tear about sticking to principles when the sticking gets tough.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Found about 10 more steaks!
• Ready to consolidate freezers down to two
• Fridge for sale
• Freeze Drying Basil and other herbs

Operation Independence

• Lodge Warehouse Sale
• The Bathtub

Main topic of the Show: Principles

Today started with a video of a OBGYN from a year ago about an anti abortion bill that would charge Dr.'s with murder who do not attempt to re-implant ectopic pregnancies. This is a pregnancy where the egg does not make it to the uterus. And this got me to thinking about big picture principles and how we tend to take discourse from principles to extreme examples in an effort to "win" the argument on issues.

She basically landed on the message, "Get politics out of medicine."

Yesterday on a long drive, I heard Nurse Amy from https://www.doomandbloom.net/ defend he choice to get vaccinated - a decision she has grown to regret. Her credibility was attacked from someone who is against the vax. She landed on Get the Politics Out of Medicine.

Then I remembered a discussion with a doctor I had who wanted to prescribe Ivermectin, a known antiviral used on humans to help early onset Covid because the research indicated it may help and the risk level of negative impacts from the medicine are unlikely. Pharmacists are refusing to fill it because it is not approved for use in treating covid -- an off-label use. This doctor just wants to see the politics taken out of medicine.

Then it struck me. The last 2 years have done something I had not realized. It is not about whether or not politics are in medicine. It is what people are willing to accept from their medical care. A decade ago, it would have been impossible to implement socialized medicine in this country (referred to under new marketing as "single payer"). Want to know why? Nobody would have accepted so much meddling in their treatments, in who does and does not deserve medical help, in long delays for important screenings and procedures, and in off label use for medications. In other countries where medicine is socialized, people are willing to wait months for that cancer screening without raising a fuss. They are willing to accept that elderly do not get the same access to something like heart surgery or limb replacement as a younger person. They buy into rationing of care by a politically appointed governing body, and are resigned to how that works. In fact, they are thankful that their care is "free," and mystified about how our "free-market" system (That is neither free nor market based by a long shot) can be accepted by people. All this while citizens of their locations travel here to get those delayed screenings faster by paying up front for them.

By enacting draconian shut down, implementing control over what can and cannot be used to treat covid, firing healthcare staff who choose not to accept an emerging vaccination, rationing monoclonal antibody supplies for political reasons, and everything else that has happened -- expectations of those who use healthcare have changed their expectations. They are now OK with letting their loved ones go into the system without an advocate under the guise of "protections." They will wait weeks or months for screenings because of "staffing shortages." They buy into government bodies who know nothing about practicing medicine making decisions about what can be used to treat an emerging virus, thus stifling progress and innovation in favor of trumping up their corporate sponsors.

And these same people screech when something is put forth to change the when and how that a woman can receive treatment for pregnancy-related issues like not allowing treatment of an ectopic pregnancy.

Freedom for me but not for thee.

We need to step above this. To embrace something better. The ends CANNOT justify the means even if it is in service of something good lest they be aimed for evil by another.

When we empower force of government to relieve people of their property, their freedom, their bodily autonomy in favor of achieving goals we think are important like:

• Curing addiction (drug war)
• Paying for the community (Involuntary taxation)
• Dictating what medications may be used for what (Medical socialization)

When we choose our pet project, like ending poverty then outsource the implementation to a committee of special interests, we simply make things worse for everyone.

And the last two years have reframed what people are willing to accept. Shortages of supplies? Sure. Forced shots to be able to travel? Bring it. Bullying toward people who do not adhere to the current-day's accepted social protocols? RIGHT ON!

When you support any of these things, you support all of them, so be careful.

Next up will be this: Climate change is a danger and overpopulation adds to the problem. Women must now take birth control or be sterilized to address this issue. Wait. no. If we do that society will not continue -- only the women with undesirable genetics, who maybe do not have a decent profession or who are too lazy to stay thin. Those women need to be sterilized or take the pill lest they spread undesirable genetics.

See?

The same instinct that makes people want to control what others do because it is better for that person and better for society as a whole, even though that person does not want it, that instinct? That instinct lays the foundation for philosophies that are evil, like eugenics.

That is why it is so important now more than ever to stand on your principles even when it is hard. Things like freedom of choice, freedom of speech, freedom of bodily autonomy, freedom to own property, freedom of commerce, freedom to travel -- all of these things are important and all of them, when taken to one extreme, could have a bad outcome when allowed.

Like I may have to support someone's freedom to discuss why eugenics is good if I am to remain true to my principles because they are free to have an opinion with which I disagree. But therein lies the beauty of freedom. If we remain true to the principles, then that person will need to get people to voluntarily work as a community to make reproductive choices based on genetics -- and we see how well that went for European royalty, do we not? Eventually the problem solves itself.

But if we force a solution by stifling the discussion of a bad idea, then we set the foundation for more abuses of the individual, of needle rape, and all the other things that can be done to people who if we would just let them live their path have a better chance off success than when we try to force them to do the "right" thing.

So tomorrow, when your inclination is "there ought to be a law", look instead to a different track: what laws could be removed to improve this situation.

Make it a great week!

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Today I am joined by someone we have heard several times on the podcast, Sue Zoldak. Usually she comes on to talk with us about entrepreneurship or marketing. But today, Sue joins us to share something a bit more personal - her leap into homeschooling for her high school-aged daughter.

• Back to the Land Festival
• My Interview about Back to the Land: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XhBF8rgC8M
• Self-Relaince Festival

Show Resources

Sue's Business: https://www.thezoldakagency.com/

Coming soon! The Zoldak Academy, https://www.thezoldak.academy/

Main content of the show

Sue Zoldak is a brilliant marketing and public relations talent with a foundation in digital methods. Her whole life has given her experiences in entrepreneurship, communications, art and creativity, and even math and economics. This combination is particularly well-suited to take on homeschooling her daughter.

Interview

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• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up

• Holler Roast Coffee

• Harvest Right Affiliate Link

Today, I will provide a bit of an update on the Holler Neighbors and talk about how our little community works -- and sometimes doesn't work -- as an semi-intentional community.

Self Reliance Day

Call for Episode 500 submissions - deadline October 15

Social

Stump the Sauce

• Serious September Update

Main topic of the Show: It Takes A Holler

What is Holler Neighbors?

Why Have the Livestreams Stopped?

It Takes A Holler

• How Things Work
• Homesteading Alone
• Knighthawk's Business Trip
• Shared Undertakings
• Jenni's Kids

Handling Problems

Other Challenges

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GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
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Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
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• Harvest Right Affiliate Link

Today I share with you some things that change you after you have lived the homesteading lifestyle for awhile. Four big things in fact.

Trip/Roaster

New Events Page: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/events

A word on Turkey Day

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Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Roadtrip food!
• Still need to make salsa
• Pantry Presentation: Back to the Land Festival: https://www.backtothelandfestival.com/
• A word on shortages

Operation Independence

• Roaster Upgrade
• Signed up for Roadie

Main topic of the Show: Four Perspective Changes From a Decade of Homesteading

>>Lifestyle homesteading versus yuppy homesteading versus new homesteaders

1. On bugs, critters, snakes and Mother Nature
2. Daily news cycle, covid, shortages and the like
3. On solitude and hustle and bustle
4. The Common Cold and other tales

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• The Booze Whisperer
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• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up

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• Harvest Right Affiliate Link

Today is a thought of the walk episode - a collection of short thoughts shared on a variety of topics. These thoughts are shared on Odysee every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, then produced as an audio podcast every other Friday.

Today's Thoughts Include:

• Where the damage lies
• The Important Seal, Extra Trays and Gloves for your Harvest Right Journey
• Winter is Coming
• Leg Of Lamb
• Don't Fight With People on the Internet

To view the videos for Thought of the Walk Episode, go here: Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

They are also produced on Youtube as a playlist.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up

• Holler Roast Coffee

Today, we share some ideas on how to work through an abundance of apples for the home canner, home dryer and really anyone who stumbles on apples at this time of year in volume.

Turkey Day Announcement

Stump the Sauce

• From Frank: What do I do with all these black walnuts?
• https://black-walnuts.com/discover-harvesting-and-hulling/hulling-and-buying-locations/

Main topic of the Show: Processing an Abundance of Apples

Apples and apple season

• Getting cheap apples
• Storage
• Canning
• Cider
• Apple Sauce
• Apple Butter (pectin)
• Drying
• Apple Molasses: https://farmandforagekitchen.com/blog/apple-molasses
• Apple Pie Filling
• Freezing

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GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• Holler Roast Coffee
• Harvest Right Affiliate Link

Today I will share four things about marketing that are important for success, and that are boring to do. We will also cover the Green Chili event, talk about a coming trip and review habits that bring us more stability.

Self Reliance Festival, 1st Round of Demos are Set!

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• What happens to the pantry for an event: Usage, Tracking, Storage
• GC Rain
• Making GC Powder this week and just 12 jars of salsa
• Get your goldenrod tootsweet!
• Apple season

Operation Independence

• Listing my Nissan XTerra for sale
• Headed to Kansas later this week to get the upgraded roaster
• Live with Sue Zoldak! This Wednesday - Homeschool Transition

Main topic of the Show: 4 Boring But Important Things About Marketing

What is marketing and why is it important?

1. Brute Force Foreshadowing Is Your Friend (TV show Story)
2. Repetition Works
3. Clever is Not Always Better
4. Data is King (Clean Data)

Make it a great week!

Song: 9-1-1 by Sauce

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Today we have a live Q and A discussion on Hatch Green Chilies.

What are Hatch Green Chilies

Why do you have green chili weekend every year

What has been the biggest challenge this year in getting set for the event

What are your favorite recipes

How do you preserve them?

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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Today, I will talk about a few interesting things: Lessons learned from working with an overseas assistant; and some thoughts on developing personal self-reliance when life feels too busy to get anything done.

Stump the Sauce

From Jenni: How do I deal with self-reliance overwhelm?

How do you deal with self-reliance overwhelm?

I'm making a list of skills I want to learn, but I get overwhelmed every time I visit it. What's the most important? What's something I actually want to learn? How much should I invest when I don't know if it suits my long term goals?

The evaluation process just leaves me with more questions, but the biggest is in becoming self reliant on my own... How do I find the time to do it all by myself?

I understand time management and prioritizing but I'm also a single parent with other responsibilities and challenges.

Thanks for any input

Definition:

• Self Reliant
• Self Sufficient
• Thoughts on Resilient Lifestyle Design

Resources

• TSP Episode on Self Reliance and Self Sufficiency http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/1666-self-reliance-and-sufficiency
• Self-Reliance Festival in Camden, TN on October 23, 2021

Main topic of the Show: 4 Things I Have Learned in Working With an Overseas Assistant

The background: Why I chose an overseas assistant

The Four Things:

1. Choose the right one (You may go through several) - my shortcut
2. Most challenges are my fault (culture, poor planning, time management)
3. Improve Email Skills (All the things in one email)
4. Upfront Time Investment in Process Yields Long-Term Time Savings

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GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

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• The Booze Whisperer
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• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
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Today we talk about what to do in circular discussions.

Episode 500 Submissions

GC Announcement

Self-Reliance Festival Tickets - Get them while you can

Save the date: November 20 - process (or buy) your own Thanksgiving Turkey at the Holler Homestead

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Last round: Salsa and sauce
• The Fall Regeneration Period and a tomato experiment
• Starting Fall Ferments (Why Now)
• Rabbit Recipe
• Herbal Tea Collecting: Goldenrod, mints, lemon balm, sumac berries, mullein flower and leaves
• Creeping Charlie or Gotu Kola? Need to consult an expert
• Getting set for animal processing season

Operation Independence

• Green Chili Event Set Up

Main topic of the Show: Opt Out of Nonsensical Discussions

Nonsense. It is all nonsense all the time.

The most obvious nonsense is around covid.

We look at the mandate proclamation that has no teeth and freak out.

We hear that non vaxed are the ones spreading the disease. Then we hear the vaccine does not stop the spread of the disease and that is why you need to be vaxed. I literally heard someone say in the same diatribe that everything with covid is the fault of the unvaxed and then go on to explain that vaccines are not intended to stop the spread, but rather to protect the person who gets the disease from getting a harder case. But then say that vaccinated are not contributing to the pressure being put on the virus to make it mutate.

Wait what? The words coming out of your mouth do not make any sense.

If nothing else has become clear it is this: we have not found a cure for the common cold. There is a reason we haven't.

But I do not want today to be about the illness. We talk waaaay too much about this.

Today, I want to explore the increase in nonsensical discussions that are polluting reasoned discourse in our society. You see, as we have become more prosperous, it has become acceptable to spew bullshit. Black is white, up is down and so forth.

We have become so comfortable that rocking the boat is scary. What if someone pushes back? What if I look stupid? Maybe they know more than I do.

No.

Stop.

Just stop.

Your bullshit meter is working just fine. The things people tell you that make no sense and seem to illustrate the opposite of the original assertion are, in fact, circular logic. You are being gaslighted.

Ever hear the theory that people need to hear something 8 times to accept it as fact? This is a, oft cited marketing foundation. It is why marketing gets a bad name. The number 8 can be changed to 15, or 6, but the foundational idea is if you are exposed to a lie long enough, you begin to accept it.

And we have been using this to great advantage. Maxwell house is better than folgers. Colombian beans are the best in the world. Masks work, or they don't work (depending on what you are exposed to). States with low vac rates are having larger outbreaks than, say, Oregon. Home ownership is the best way to handle your housing because renting is just throwing your money away. The Afghanistan withdrawal was a success. Also it was Trump's fault. But it is a success. But anyone who got hurt is Trump's fault.

Fake mandates!

We are in a constantly rolling set of angenda -based crisis and the fearmomenter has been turned up again, as it always is, when they have something to hide. The think to ask yourself as you become terrified of losing your job, of angry hoardes attacking peaceful people in reaction to mandates, is this: What are they hiding with their manipulative spin?

Who are they dividing?

How can I opt out?

The sad thing about this cycle is that it has set into motion the habit to buy into taglines and spin so heavily that people use it in discussions with one another. And when you point out the illogic, personal attacks follow because, anymore, the goal of discourse is to win, not to learn.

And THAT brings us to the point. What should we, as critical thinkers do when we come into nonsensical discussions with circular logic? Do we stay and fight? Do we leave with a "whatever dude?" Or do we do something else.

In the big picture, a nonsensical discussion is not really worth my time and if I have it, especially on the internet, all I do is feed the nonsense that I am trying to counter.

Dont believe me?

Go find one and look at the back and forth. People get increasingly divided and angry. They end having not changed. The "lgoical" arguer often comes across looking like a dick. Mean people are not appreciated. Therefore the wrong narrative often "wins" in the eyes of an outsider.

So what can we do?

• Turn off the news
• Acknowledge your own circular or faith-based biases
• In a discussion establish a big picture goal: Are we talking to "win" or to learn? What are we discussing? (Ivermective example) Are both sides willig to be wrong? Who is your target for discussion?
• Find ways to find good information (read studies, confirm things with sources)
• Keep the long term, big picture in mind

It can be hard when faced with a circular argument to not engage to correct the problem. We see it all the time on a personal level when our friends get into an "i can't" mindset and will not see the opportunities for fear of the things they see as barriers. You know who I mean right? That friend who is stuck at a dead end job but can't find another one because they have kids and need to pay the bills.

Wait what?

Stop.

You and I just want to slap them when they go there because having bills is the environment they are in, not a hurdle. That means it is either best to safe like mad so that you can transition to a lower paying income opportunity, reduce expenses, or look for a job like it is your only hobby that will be a better fit and pay what you need for expenses.

But telling someone that when they are in the "I can't" mindset never works. They just see you as an opposing force and try to WIN the argument. This then solidifies the barrier in their mind.

SO in this case, if the goal is to help them past that barrier, a better way is to say something like "Well I believe you can make it past that barrier if you put your mind to it. Let me know if you ever want to brainstorm ideas."

And then shut up about it.

They may do another cycle of I can't but stop engaging.

This one is no different than how we need to talk to folks drinking the kool aid of corporate media messaging. My goal is not to win the argument but to plant the seed. People need to see the spin for themselves to start freeing their mind up for critical thinking and going head to head in your face with them rarely works. Better is to ask a question that may take them a few days to answer. And hope they are open enough to get there.

And if they are not, you will know because they will inevitably come back and call you a poopy head who does not care about people.

So what does this mean for us in today's accelerating propogadized world? Be the gardener, plant the seeds of critical thinking, culture that garden both in yourself and those around you. And know that while you cannot change everything at once, seeds grow, plants spread, and the more we can push back on the bullshit, the less of it we will have to shovel when this all comes to a head.

SRF

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Song: Special, by Sauce

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up

• Holler Roast Coffee