SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods— a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from “HJL”. Finding your roots is all the rage at the moment with a number of companies providing the service, but did you know that if your not careful you may be placing your DNA for sale.
Wikipedia Nonsense
Phillip Cross is an editor for Wikipedia who constantly attacks and undermines the reputations of those who are prominent in challenging the dominant corporate and state media narrative. He is especially active in the realm of editing articles on foreign affairs. There is just one major problem. Wikipedia records the time spent on edits and Phillip Cross has been editing all day, every day since August of 2013. Every waking hour, seven days a week without significant variation. The man is a machine – or more likely a group editing under either a false identity or one persons identity with the sole intention of making sure you only read the “official” information. Interestingly enough, the views of Phillip Cross happen to be exactly the same as those of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. #LeftistCabal
Homesteading
Reader S.Z. sent in this article on the differences between homesteading and prepping that is an interesting read. Both groups are concerned about survival, but while almost all homesteaders can be considered preppers, not all preppers are homesteaders. Homesteading is a lifestyle that is generally concerned about renewable resources. It’s a lot of work, but can be very rewarding and self-reliant at the same time.
Small Asteroid
Spaceweather.comis an interesting site that you should watch for solar storm warnings. But occasionally they have other stuff as well. They have an article about an asteroid that was discovered inside of the moons orbit which hit the earth only a few hours after being reported. The asteroid was the size of a boulder and entered the earths atmosphere traveling at 38,000 mph. It exploded before impact, posing almost no significant danger to objects on the ground. Thanks to T.C. for the link.
DNA for Sale
Reader DSV sent in this article that talks about the business practices of Ancestry.com and their DNA collection. As tempting as it may be to send in and have your DNA analyzed, you need to make sure you read the fine print in the contract first. It is possible to have your information deleted and destroyed after you get the results, but you have to perform the request in a very particular manner. If not, the data is stored in a database that would contain enough information about you to be harmful should it be hacked or exposed.
In addition, the contract states that the information can be provided to others if the appropriate legal terms are met. Note that there are many ways this data can hurt you even if you have done nothing wrong. If you have some form of genetic disorder and an insurance company obtains this information, it could affect your ability to get coverage.
Building an Off-Grid Cabin
Reader S.M. sent in this YouTube video showing a time-lapse of a guy building an off-grid rustic log cabin in the Canadian wilderness alone and without power tools. The build took several months to complete but is very fascinating. You are able to follow the complete construction and get a rough idea of what it would take to accomplish such a feat. These are excellent skills to acquire.
Intuit’s Anti-Gun Stance
Intuit struck again. This time they confiscated $150,000 of Lone Wolf Distributors money by blocking the transfer because both companies involved in the transaction deal with firearms. Of course, this particular transaction had nothing to do with firearms or firearms parts, but Intuit suddenly decided that they wouldn’t do business with either company. Note that this decision was made after they took $150,000 of Lone Wold Distributor’s money. After four days of wrangling, The owner finally got them to say they would return the money, but as of the date of the article they hadn’t. Note that the transfer was done through Intuit because both companies were using QuickBooks. We recommend that any freedom loving American get rid of QuickBooks, Mint, and TurboTax while finding alternative products to use. Thanks to DSV for the link.
4WD BOV
An ad for a great 4WD bugout vehicle for sale in Bonners Ferry, Idaho caught my eye.
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Re. Intuit: I’ve been using TurboTax for years; can anyone recommend a viable alternative?
I’ve used H & R Block online serves before. Was pretty happy with them.
You could give your patronage to a local freedom minded CPA. After a decade of doing my own taxes I switched to a good CPA and have loved it.
Excellent suggestion.
I’ve used a local CPA for years and I’ve saved lots of green.
Those turbo tax and H&R blockheads may be cheap for their services, but you’ll pay a lot more in tax than you should.
I’m switching back to a paper 1040 after getting fed up with TurboTax for other reasons.
INFOGALACTIC, people!!!!
Wikimedia is propaganda.
I’ve heard for many years about Wiki’s leftist leanings and editings. So when they come rattling the tin cup for donations, I ignore them.
I just need a basic invoicing, AP/AR and inventory system. I have had the same CPA firm for 10 yrs now and they make tax life easy for me. Any suggestions?
Quick books.
Why are People so Naive? History keeps Repeating.
(YouTube Video)
Reid Henrichs
Published on May 30, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9YUcwH4Oco
Duration 13:55
“Our Founding Fathers understood history and human nature very well. They used history and reasoning to develop one of the world’s longest-standing written Constitutions.”
“Their counterparts on the other hand have risen and fallen many times, owing the failure to communism, socialism, and a naive belief that human nature can be changed.”
“History continues to reveal the same patterns, for a variety of reasons. Similar events, tendencies, and patterns keep happening despite the century or millennium. In this video, Reid analyzes why and gives his thoughts on the past and present.”
That’s because our founding Fathers were Christian [almost all of them], and they knew that God illustrated in His word that man/woman are wicked to the core and need to check their actions daily against God’s word of instruction. The LEFT, believe that humans are good to the core, and are shocked when something wicked happens in this world. The LEFT has no safeguards for evil, because they in fact already duped by the most evil one [Beelzebub]!
This is why they should never be elected to Congress to create laws. All laws should be on the law books based on God’s word–and that’s just what the Founders believed.
At best, (and this is for those not good at doing research) wikipedia is a place to start to look for further information which will lead you to other sources which provide better information. Wikipedia is basically a combination of misinformation and disinformation.
Re: Intuit. I have always done my own taxes by hand, on printed forms, and mailed them. Not a problem.
Freetaxusa.com
It would be smart to go to a CPA firm, not a big company but a 3-10 person office, and have them do your taxes. Generally if your taxes are simple you are looking at $200 more or less. Why, you ask? Glad you asked. It is possible that you aren’t getting all the deductions and benefits that you qualify for and a good tax account can maybe save you $200, maybe not. You won’t know if you are missing out until you have a professional do your taxes. If after that you want to continue to do them yourself make sure the accountant explains what they did, if they did anything different from your own preparation so that you can take advantage of their knowledge next time you file.
Treat them nice and they will answer questions on the telephone during the year without charging you.
“business practices of Ancestry.com and their DNA collection.”
In the first Blade Runner movie, when Rachael finally realizes she is a “replicant” (an artificially created biological human), implanted with fake memories, she tells Deckard, “I’m not in the business… I AM the business.”
Re: Ancestry.com
This is just another attempt to profit from the vanity of Man.
“In 2013, geneticists Peter Ralph and Graham Coop showed that all Europeans are descended from exactly the same people. Basically, everyone alive in the ninth century who left descendants is the ancestor of every living European today, including Charlemagne, Drogo, Pippin and Hugh.”
“If you want to spend your cash on someone in a white coat telling you that you’re descended from Vikings or Saxons or Charlemagne or even Drogo of Metz, help yourself. I, or hundreds of geneticists around the world, will shrug and do it for free, and you don’t even need to spit in a tube.”
https://www.theguardian.com/science/commentisfree/2015/may/24/business-genetic-ancestry-charlemagne-adam-rutherford
My wife has a family member who is consumed by the notion that character is determined by the random attachment to people who lived centuries ago. Every gathering, every event is reason to spew to anyone that will listen, the greatness of ancestors past. Meanwhile, this person ignores the current genetic descendants such as the daughter with four illegitimate children, the sister who is slowly drinking herself to death in a bath of vodka and wine, or their own troubles of being at least 60 pounds overweight with a myriad of health issues. Who wants to face the reality of the current generation of genetics, when comfort can be provided by a random DNA link to someone of questionable import hundreds of years ago.
Cool 4×4 Bugout. I am kinda wonderin at Hugh, and the readers; : how you can put a wood stove in.
From my Military experience: A tank is a tank.
A wounded tank becomes a Pilliary Box.
A broken tank becomes a shelter.
I am interested in solutions in drivin that baby onto my land, and settling a home.
Patriots, Traitors, And Invaders
(YouTube Video)
The Alex Jones Channel
Published on Jun 4, 2018
Matt Bracken joins the Alex Jones Show to discuss Tommy Robinson, the Islamification of Europe,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN5QFqAGrIE
Duration 11:31
A Poem…
log cabin
Every once in a while PBS runs a show,maybe from the 50-60’s,in black and white.Older man goes to Alaska and films himself.Not only building a cabin,but making tools and other items,doing some hunting,trappin,fishing,etc….Havent seen it for a while,but PBS isn’t always evil.