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The $1,243,255,000.00 Lunch for Three

This is the full version of The Encouraging Angels post, a presentation of the history, background and undercurrents that created HyperInflation in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe presented by the facts, stories and my experiences. This is Stan’s Article from Encouraging Angels. Paying for bananas in Harare circa 2008 Photo Credit: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty images By Stan Szymanski and Jack […]

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“The Council” Who is Running the United States of America?

Unveiling the Faces of an Elitist Assault on America Special thanks to Gregory Stenstrom for this eye-opening article What you need to know to understand what’s happening and why. I suspect the “International Bankers” are controlling these people. Introduction “The Council” and everyone and everything that emanates from them, has controlled the United States for […]

Podcast: Defending Home & Neighborhood From Imported Chaos

Special thanks to The David Knight Show for having me as a guest. The deliberate chaos with massive immigration is going to get worse. What can you do to counter? Effective, low visibility, under-the-radar defense of your neighborhood with your neighbors. Check out the whole Podcast Here…

Podcast: Thriving Now, While Prepping for Worse Case

Special Thanks to The David Knight Show for having me on as a guest. Prepping can revitalize your life now with new skills and friends and at the same time prepare you for worst should it happen. Check out the full podcast here…

STORE WATER NOW!!

Revolutions may come from empty stomachs within DAYS, but almost instantaneous panic, chaos and sheer violence will come from people driven by thirst with no water… within HOURS. A human can stay alive for maybe 3 WEEKS without Food, but over 3 DAYS without Water will incapacitate and/or KILL YOU. IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU […]

Podcast: Focus on Securing YOUR Perimeter to Protect Yourself & Family

Thank you to the David Knight Show for having me on as a guest this week. This week everyone’s been focused on what Secret Service could’ve/should’ve done, but are you doing anything to secure your home, your Food AND Water during emergency or unrest? Check out the full interview here.

Podcast: Interview After the Nuclear Blast: A Survivor’s Guide

The simple way to survive a Nuclear War The “Duck and Cover” Principle… Special thanks to The David Knight Show for having me on as a guest. Listen in on how you can survive a Nuclear Exchange with what you have as long as you have some stored Food and Water. Do the math! The […]

Podcast: Surviving A Nuclear Event During the Residential Tenure of Ice Cream Joe

The Simple Way To Survive A Nuclear War The “Duck And Cover” Principle… Special thanks to Encouraging Angels for having me as a guest on their podcast. Read on how you can survive a Nuclear Exchange with what you have as long as you have some stored Food and Water. Do the math! The odds […]

PreparedAirman Civil Defense Manual Review

Thank you PreparedAirman for your overview of the book. You can check out the whole video here.

Soup lines are coming?

Beware of what this economy is really doing. The Mainstream News Media is ignoring this looming disaster in an attempt to keep the Democrats in power and Joe Biden re-elected President. They have only a few months to go… and then bad economic news will not matter to them. They will continue down their merry […]

Prepping: Loners at Risk, Strength in Community

I was invited to speak on the David Knight show about being prepared and how even without attacks, our fragile and complicated infrastructure puts us all at risk. Check out the full interview here.

An Uncivil Future

I was a Guest on the Brushbeater.org podcast to discuss an uncertain future, check it out here.

Guest Post: I Tried Eating Like a Pioneer for 100 Days and This Is What Happened

By Nicholas Oetken of AskAPrepper.com From Author Jack Lawson… Why would this person undertake what most would consider a “bizarre” experiment? Well, most importantly, it would test YOU, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR TRIBE and YOUR SURVIVAL SUPPLIES and EQUIPMENT. You still think this is unusual? Actually, Nick Oetken is doing what each one of us should […]

Wargaming the American Apocalypse

First Installment – Stan Szymanski of www.encouragingangels.org discussing with Jack Lawson of www.civildefensemanual.com the first step of ‘Wargaming the Apocalypse’: Acknowledging that there is an emergency at hand. We really need an expert in Civil Defense to answer some of the questions that this subject begs. I am confident that we would do well to […]

How to Make Bleach From Water

Chlorine based bleaches, Peroxide-based bleaches, reducing bleaches, photographic bleaches. They’ve all helped Mankind in making life better. Mankind’s selfless desire to improve the human race though innovation and invention. Sometimes it’s laughable. As my Son said at about nine years old while we discussed an anti-gravity propulsion system once (he has an IQ of about […]

Dedication to Jim Philips

One of the Late Great Men… James Gilbert Phillips Jr. August 16, 1947 — January 15, 2024 This man touched my life… Jim wrote Chapter 23 of my book the Civil Defense Manual… “Shelter and weather issues, Phillips on Hypothermia” I’m re-posting Jim Phillip’s newsletter essay from 2 years ago as my dedication to this […]

Goliath against YOU!!

Tucker Carlson and common sense, logical thinking, intelligent and highly educated Bret Weinstein, discuss what is going to most likely happen in the next few months, what is going on in our United States Government and your future. Of all the videos I get sent, that I do a cursory review of and then fully […]

Of Grave Concern

The invasion of military age foreign men across America’s borders (Image courtesy of AP Photo) To my Readers… I have been informed by Michael Yon and Matthew Bracken hat in excess of 20,000 Chinese military-age men entered the United States along the “Southern “Border” in 2022 alone. That doesn’t count what’s estimated to be way more […]

Food and Water

The first items necessary to organize your area with the Civil Defense Manual. To my Readers… I really don’t know what it will take to get to the level of a “Star Trek Existence” for mankind. A society without wars, mass suffering, indiscriminate killing by governments and famine. A society having Individual Civil Liberties for […]