SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, a further examination of Avian Influenza.
Bird Flu: 20 Million Dead Chickens in US
Reader C.B. sent this: Bird flu kills 20 million chickens in US, driving egg prices sky-high. JWR Asks: How many of those 20 million were killed by the virus, and how many were cullls, killed based on the decrees of unelected bureaucrats?
In related news: HHS awards $306 million in Avian Flu monitoring and preparedness funding.
Armed L.A. Residents Patrol Neighborhoods
Armed LA Residents Patrol Neighborhoods In Violation Of Evacuation Orders. JWR’s Comments: Suddenly (and I suspect just briefly), “open carry” is not being treated as a crime in California’s fire-ravaged region.
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A related video from Armed Attorneys: Shooting Looters: What if your castle is burned down?
United Nations Pushing a “Legal Identity” Agenda
At the United Nations website: United Nations Legal Identity Agenda. JWR’s Comments: Are they hoping for a card with a chip? Will commercial transactions, Internet posts, government services, or travel be restricted without presenting some sort of “approved” electronic password procedure?
Oracle’s Larry Ellison Wants to Develop mRNA Vaccines with AI
Oracle Chairman Pushes Bone-Chilling Plan to Develop mRNA Vaccines with AI. A quote:
“We must remember that mRNA injection payloads (LNPs and mRNA) distribute throughout the entire body and will not stay confined to the cancer sites, leading to potentially serious off-target effects.”
Bill Gates and Trump: A Troubling Conversation
Several readers mention this news: Troubling Conversation Between Gates and Trump.
Allstate Is Tracking Driving Behaviors
Reader D.S.V. spotted this: Consumers Unaware Allstate Is Tracking Their Driving Behaviors. Here is an excerpt:
“The lawsuit… …is against Allstate Insurance and several of its subsidiaries. It claims that the insurer has violated the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act as well as other provisions of the Texas business and insurance code.
Paxton alleges that Allstate has secretly amassed a massive database of the detailed “driving behaviors” of 45 million Americans, which it is using for its own underwriting of automobile insurance and selling to other insurance carriers for the same purpose.
According to the complaint, Allstate “covertly collected much of their ‘trillions of miles’ of data by maintaining active connections with consumers’ mobile devices and harvesting the data directly from their phone.” It paid third-party app developers “millions of dollars” to secretly integrate Allstate’s tracking software into their apps so that when a “consumer downloaded the third-party app onto their phone, they also unwittingly downloaded” the 1984-esque software.”
Reheated Starches Reduce Cancer Risk
I found this linked over at the Whatfinger.com news aggregation site: Household staples that cut some cancers by more than 60 per cent… if you eat them cold or reheated. Scientists reveal breakthrough – and tell how it can even help you lose weight. Here is a pericope:
“There may be a secret wellness hero lurking on your shelves, experts have revealed, just so long as you prepare it properly.
With one simple step, carbohydrates, long vilified as the root of all health-related evil, could become the key to preventing cancer – and help you to lose weight.
The best part? It doesn’t cost a thing.
Simply reheating your cooked pasta, rice and potatoes can supercharge them into a nutritional miracle drug, researchers claim.
Known as resistant starch, this naturally occurring compound has been shown, in a recent astonishing study, to reduce the risk of some cancers by more than 60 per cent.
And you can harness its benefits at home simply by eating leftovers.
Resistant starch expert Dr Fred Warren, research leader at the Quadram Institute in Norwich, says: ‘When you let starchy foods – whether bread, rice or pasta – cool down before eating them, the way we digest them changes.
‘Research has shown that they become better for us in a range of ways – from lowering blood sugar and reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes to soothing gut inflammation.
‘And more recent studies have provided pretty convincing evidence that resistant starches can even prevent cancer, particularly of the colon and digestive system.’”
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