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(Is
it Clarification of the Verbiage that can be Misinterpreted, as ALL
Companies MUST Now do Business with the Federal Government, just as a
Human Being is not a Living Being till they reach 3 months outside the
Womb?)
President Obama, with Labor Day as a backdrop, breathed life into a
new executive order that mandates all companies doing business with the
federal government provide seven days of paid sick leave per employee
per year.
Obama planned to make the deal officials in a Monday meeting with labor leaders in Boston. Republican critics called the move an overreach of executive authority, the Los Angeles Times reported. David
Limbaugh’s book chillingly documents the destructive “transformation”
of the United States — get “The Great Destroyer: Barack Obama’s War on
the Republic” But White House economists said the action will actually bolster
productivity because wages and salaries have stayed mostly stagnant.
They also say the Obama order would have a trickle-down effect and
pressure congressional lawmakers to put in place many of Obama’s desired
improvements for workers. “We have to do better,” said White House senior adviser Valerie
Jarrett, in a conference call with reporters, the Los Angeles Times
said. “We can do better. While we’re waiting for Congress to do their
job, President Obama is doing what he can.” The specifics of the order call on companies with federal contracts
to give workers the ability to accrue seven days of paid sick leave per
year. The action is estimated to provide for 300,000 or so workers. The paid benefit will start in 2017.
The average nationwide tax collected on each gallon of gasoline sold at the retail station is 49.5 cents. Of that, 18.4 cents per gallon goes to the federal government; the rest ends up in state and local government coffers.
The amount of gasoline taxes collected by states can vary widely, from just 26.4 cents per gallon in Alaska, to as much as 71.9 cents per gallon in California.
In addition to excise taxes, other taxes can also apply, such as sales taxes, gross receipts taxes, oil inspection fees, county and local taxes, underground storage tank fees, and other miscellaneous environmental fees. These additional taxes contribute to the difference collected among states.
With crude oil prices at historic lows, and California oil refining profits at historic highs, the Golden State is getting gouged at the gas pump in unprecedented fashion. Our analysis just out finds Californians have paid $5.3 billion extra for their gasoline than Americans due to chronically low inventories by the state’s oil refiners. That’s $220 extra for every California driver since February. Action in Sacramento before the legislature closes next Friday will help fight high gas prices, as well as climate change. You can keep up with the fight by subscribing to our new Capitol Watchdog alerts here. California oil refiners have taken to the airwaves to claim that pending legislation to reduce petroleum use by 50% in 15 years will drive up costs at the pump. But SB 350 will actually reduce gasoline prices by taking away their oligopolistic hold over our fuel supply. In the long term, the introduction of electric vehicles and other increasingly cost-effective alternative fuel technologies will prevent oil refiners’ supply manipulation by cutting their market share in half. SB 350's fate is a critical piece of the puzzle long term, but transparency also needs to be applied to the oil refiners in the short term to prevent their supply manipulation. Consumer Watchdog has committed to working with NextGen Climate founder Tom Steyer on drafting a ballot measure that requires oil refiners to justify their refinery closures, maintain minimum inventories and face penalties for rigging the market. The ballot measure will have to be filed for signature collection in October to make the November 2016 ballot. You can stay informed about the ballot measure’s progress and Big Oil’s other challenges by subscribing to our new Capitol Watchdog alerts. If we go to the ballot, this will be the last Labor Day drive that oil refiners will be able to pick Californians’ pockets for an extra dollar per gallon. Have a great weekend, Jamie
Joey Thomas and William Byrum met under the weirdest circumstances: in traffic along I-205 Northbound near the exit to SR-14. Thomas was heading home from work and Byrum was on his way to a friend’s house in Vancouver, when traffic came to a standstill.
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I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE “NESARA” PROGRAM, BUT IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT AND STUDIED FOR OVER 4 YEARS NOW AND IT NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY AND EACH ONE OF US.
I HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF YOU IN THE PAST WHO DON’T BELIEVE IT WILL EVER
HAPPEN OR DOES NOT EXIST, BUT IT DOES AND IF YOU ALL WOULD DO YOUR HOME
WORK ON THIS AS I HAVE DONE, YOU WILL KNOW THAT NOT ONLY IS IT FOR
REAL, BUT IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR STARTING AS EARLY AS LATER
THIS MONTH.
THE
POINT IS, YOU WILL ALL BENEFIT AS IT ELIMINATES THE IRS, THE FEDERAL
(ILLEGAL) RESERVE AND INCORPORATES BOTH INTO THE U. S. TREASURY
DEPARTMENT. THERE WILL BE NO MORE FEDERAL INCOME TAXES, WHICH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ILLEGAL TO BEGIN WITH AND WE WILL ALL PAY A 14% NATIONAL SALES TAX OR (FAIR TAX).
SO, TAKE THE TIME NECESSARY
TO READ THIS ENTIRE POST BELOW, SO YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY IT HAS NOT
BEEN PUT INTO EFFECT MANY YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
IN SHORT, ANSWER TO THAT IS
OUR CORRUPT GOVERNMENT AND THOSE WITHIN. WELL, THIS IS ALL COMING TO A
CLOSE AND THOSE IN POWER SOON WON’T BE AND A NEW GOVERNMENT WILL BE IN
PLACE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL START LATER THIS MONTH RIGHT ON INTO
SEPTEMBER. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD. FINALLY JUSTICE IS COMING
OUR WAY.
IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS POSTED BELOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN BEINGS FROM OTHER WORLDS, OR PLANETS,
YOU WILL ALSO HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE REALITY OF THEIR EXISTENCE AND
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD A SECRET SPACE PROGRAM FOR YEARS AND YOU WILL
FINALLY GET THE REAL TRUTH OF THIS ALL. IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE THIS,
JUST GO TO THE HISTORY CHANNEL AND WATCH PROGRAMS SUCH AS: “HANGER ONE”,
“ANCIENT ALIENS”, “CLOSE ENCOUNERS”. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL BE
BELIEVERS. AS I SAID, THE PLAN IS FOR EXPOSURE TO ALL OF THIS STARTING
VERY SOON. AGAIN, JUST TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE REPORT BELOW IN ITS’
ENTIRETY.
Information is added as it becomes known, along with the date it is included.
NOTE:
Writing a history of NESARA requires locating the separate dots and
attempting to put them together to create truth. The original documents
are sequestered and those individuals directly involved are still under
a strict gag order. I have
used as my foundation a history written by James Rink. My research set
out to prove NESARA by locating original documents and articles written
by reputable people that illustrated each of the tenets.I have inserted some of these URLs for these tenets into Rink’s history.
In my 7+ years of research, I have found nothing to disprove the
existence of the NESARA LAW. The internet is loaded with disinformation
that can be easily dismissed by research.
As
you read this history, you will find mention of high officials being
cloned. The capacity to clone an adult individual signifies just one of
the many secrets withheld from the public. As “all that is hidden is
revealed,” this fact will be confirmed. Cloning of an adult individual
is used for various reasons by those working behind the scenes–one
example will become known at the divine right moment–the cloning of
Princess Diane to avoid her death. Another example is to clone a public
figure to prevent public reaction to he/she being removed from their
position, as occurred with Janet Reno ( info. added 2014).
Now
that information regarding the government/military cover-up of the
extraterrestrial presence is in the public domain, we can see parallels
of the facets regarding NESARA that many have used to discredit it.
Some of these are: deliberate cover-up of information,
government/military gag orders, the suspicious death of persons who
attempted to tell the truth, control of the media, and the ruining of
individual lives and professions.
I encourage all to do your own research and add to the pool of documented evidence on the truth of NESARA.
Now is the perfect time for NESARA to be released to the world!
NESARA Demonstration in front of the Peace Palace, the Hague, Netherlands
1892 – Bankers adopted their Bankers’ Manifesto of 1892 in which it was declared: “We
[the bankers] must proceed with caution and guard every move made, for
the lower order of people are already showing signs of restless
commotion. Prudence will therefore show a policy of apparently yielding
to the popular will until our plans are so far consummated that we can
declare our designs without fear of any organized resistance. The
Farmers Alliance and Knights of Labor organizations in the United States
should be carefully watched by our trusted men, and we must take
immediate steps to control these organizations in our interest or
disrupt them….
The courts must be called to our aid, debts must be collected, bonds and mortgages foreclosed as rapidly as possible.
When through the process of the law, the common people have lost their
homes, they will be more tractable and easily governed through the
influence of the strong arm of the government applied to a central power
of imperial wealth under the control of the leading financiers. People
without homes will not quarrel with their leaders.”
1907-1917 – In order to warn Americans, the 1892 Bankers’ Manifesto was revealed by US Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. from Minnesota before the US Congress sometime during his term of office between the years of 1907 and 1917.
1910 –
John E. DiNardo, professor of public policy and economics at the
University of Michigan, writes in his article “The Federal Reserve
Act”: “On the night of
November 22, 1910, a small group of surrogates of the most powerful
bankers of the World met … under the veil of utmost secrecy.
Over
the next few weeks these men would perpetrate, under the orders of
their masters, … perhaps the most colossal and devastating fraud ever
inflicted upon the American People.
This ultra-secret fraud is known as the Federal Reserve Act of 1913….
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 concocted legislation, to be foisted
upon the People’s Congress of the United States, that empowered and
commissioned this secret cabal of World-dominant bankers to PRINT UNITED
STATES CURRENCY, a usurpation of our Constitution’s explicit edict
empowering ONLY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT to print and coin
currency. This world banking
empire used their stolen power to print, out of thin air, paper currency
which, in no way represents the gold and silver reserves that authentic
currency is supposed to represent.”
1933 – 1934 – Prior to 1933, Federal Reserve Notes were backed by gold. This changed with the new law: Congressional Record, March 9, 1933 on HR 1491 p. 83.“Under
the new lawthemoney is issued to the banks in return for government
obligations, bills of exchange, drafts, notes, trade acceptances, and
bankers acceptances. The money will be worth 100 cents on the dollar, because it is
backed by the credit of the nation. It will represent a mortgage on all
the homes, and other property of all the people of the nation.”
The Bankers’ Manifesto ties in with the U.S. Senate Document No. 43, 73rdCongress, 1st Session
(1934), which states: “The ultimate ownership of all property is in the
State; individual so-called ‘ownership’ is only by virtue of
Government, i.e., law, amounting to mere ‘user’ and use must be in
acceptance with law and subordinate to the necessities of the State.”
1970s – The Federal Land Bank illegally foreclosed on farmers mortgages all throughout the Midwest. In each of these cases the farmers were defrauded by the banks with the approval of the Federal Reserve System. These court cases would eventually become known as the Farmer Claims Program.
1978 –
An elderly ranch farmer in Colorado purchased a farm with loan from the
Federal Land Bank. After he died the property was passed on to his son
Roy Schwasinger, Jr., who was a retired military general. Soon after a
Federal Land Bank officer and Federal Marshall appeared on his property
and informed him the bank was foreclosing on his farm, ordering him to
vacate within 30 days. Without his knowledge, his deceased father
had signed a stipulation which reverted the property back to the Federal
Land Bank in the event of the borrower’s death.
Outraged,
Roy E. Schwasinger, Jr. filed a class action lawsuit in the Denver
Federal Court system. The suit was dismissed on the basis of incorrect
filing. This prompted Roy Schwasinger’s investigation into the inner workings of the banking system.
1982 –
Roy Schwasinger was given a contract by the US senate and later Supreme
Court to investigate banking fraud. But because he was under a strict
non-disclosure order he was not allowed to tell the media what he
discovered. In the late 80s he began sharing his knowledge with others
including high ranking military personnel who helped him bring about a
class action lawsuit against the federal government.
The
first series of these lawsuits began in the mid 1980’s when William and
Shirley Baskerville of Fort Collins, Colorado were involved in a
bankruptcy case with First Interstate Bank of Fort Collins; who was
trying to foreclose on their farm. At a restaurant their lawyer
informed them that he would no longer be able to help them and
walked-off. Overhearing the conversation Roy Schwasinger offered his
advice on how to appeal the case in bankruptcy court. So in 1987 they
filed an appeal (Case No. 87-C-716) with the United States District
Court in Colorado.
1988 –
On November 3, 1988, the Denver Federal Court system ruled that indeed
the banks had defrauded the Baskervilles and proceeded to reverse its
bankruptcy decision. But
when the foreclosed property was not returned they filed a new lawsuit.
Eventually, 23 other farmers, ranchers, and Indians swindled by the
banks in the same manner would join in the case.
In
these cases, the banks were foreclosing on the properties using
fraudulent methods such as charging exorbitant interest, illegal
foreclosure, or by not crediting mortgage payments to their account as
they should have but instead would steal the mortgage payments for
themselves triggering foreclosure on the property.
After running out of money they continued their fight without the help of lawyers.
With some assistance by the Farmers Union a new lawsuit was filed
against the Federal Land Bank and the Farmers Credit System. Case No.
92-C-1781
The
District Court ruled in their favor and ordered the banks to return the
stolen properties with help from either Federal Marshals or the
National Guard. But when
no payments were made, the farmers declared involuntary Chapter Seven
Bankruptcy against the Federal Land Bank and the Farmers Credit System.
The banks appealed their case insisting they were not a business but a
federal agency therefore they were not liable to pay the damages.
So the farmer’s legal team adopted a new strategy.
According to the Federal Land Bank’s 1933 charter they are not allowed
to make loans directly to applicants, but instead could only back loans
as a guarantor in case of default. Because the Federal Land Bank had
violated this rule the farmer’s legal team was able to successfully sue
the bank for damages.
Word
of the lawsuit began to spread; the legal team would teach others how
to fight foreclosure and to help them file lawsuits as well (Case No.
93-1308-M). Celebrities such as Willie Nelson joined in the cause and
helped raise money during his “Farm Aid” concerts.
The Baskerville case had now become the Farmer Claims Class Action Lawsuit.
Worried about the legal ramifications the government retaliated against
the farmers by hitting them with either outrageous IRS fees, or by
imprisoning the legal team under frivolous nonrelated charges. When the
farmers realized they were being unfairly targeted, they had military
generals such as General Roy Schwasinger sit in the courtroom to make
sure the bribed judges would vote according to constitutional law.
The farmers now with a large team of
knowledgeable people of the law behind them filed a new case to claim
additional damages from the fraudulent loaning activities of the Farmers
Credit System.
The government tried to settle but
they had already lost many cases and were now loosing the appeals as
well. More and more evidence was collected. According to the National
Banking Act all banks are required to register their charters with the
Federal and State Bureau of Records, but none of the banks complied,
allowing the legal team to sue the Farmers Credit System. Not only was
Farmers Credit System not chartered to do business with the American
Banking Association, but so were other quasi government organizations
such as the Federal Housing Administration, The Department of Housing
and Urban Development, and even the Federal Reserve Bank.
James
Jeffrey Bradstreet, whose body was found floating in a North Carolina
river on June 19, had successfully treated over 1,700 autistic children
with GcMAF. On June 16 the FDA obtained a search and seizure order
targeting his Buford Georgia medical clinic.
Over the past several weeks no less than
seven established doctors have either been killed or died under unusual
circumstances (e.g. here and here).
What do these physicians have in common and what remedies are they
researching or advocating? Do any of their proposed treatments pose a
threat to the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical cartel? If so, would
government agencies and/or private contractors be commissioned to harass
and perhaps even assassinate such individuals?
The answer may lie in an understanding of nagalese,
a protein made by cancer cells and viruses. Nagalese is a primary cause
of immunodeficiency given its ability to block the body’s production of
GcMAF, otherwise known as “Vitamin D binding microphage activating
factor,” a naturally-produced immune regulating compound that aids in
fighting what are traditionally considered terminal diseases. Some
researchers suggest that nagalese is one of many toxic components found
in the immunizations commonly administered to children, including the
Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccine.
Some independently-minded medical
practitioners are beginning to acknowledge not only the
nagalese-vaccination link, but also that GcMAF possesses great potential
for the treatment of cancer and a variety of other illnesses, including
autism, inflammation, and viral and bacterial disease.
The most prominent of the seven doctors
who’ve been murdered or died under suspicious circumstances is James
Jeffrey Bradstreet. As the contents of his blog drbradstreet.org suggest, Dr. Bradstreet has conducted extensive research into the causes of autism. His body was found on June 19 floating in a North Carolina river with a gunshot wound to his chest. Perhaps uncoincidentally, Bradstreet was a strong advocate of GcMAF and had treated over 2,000 autistic children with the substance; 85% exhibited marked improvement under his care.
Dr. Bradstreet’s private practice in
Buford, Georgia centered on “treating children with Autism Spectrum
Disorder, PPD, and related neurological and developmental disorders.”
Bradstreet has also provided expert testimony in federal court for
families of the vaccine-injured and was founder and president of the
International Child Development Resource Center, which once employed
autism expert Dr. Andrew Wakefield as its research director.
Of course, GcMAF is not approved by the
Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for any disease. Just three
days before Bradstreet’s body was recovered, FDA agents had obtained a court order targeting Bradstreet’s Buford Georgia medical clinic. The document granted the government the right to seize
All Globulin component Macrophage
Activating Factor (GcMAF) GC Globulin, and/or any other products or
component substances thereof that constitute misbranded drugs under the
Federal Food, Drugs and Cosmetic Act.
Even in death Bradsteet and his
GcMAF-related work continue to pose a threat to the
medical-pharmaceutical-regulatory complex, as evidenced in their
flak-generating public relations arms, “Quackwatch” and “Science Based Medicine,” each of which have published vicious broadsides on the deceased physician.
Big pharma, which for decades has
exerted vigorous control over the regulatory process while presiding
over literally millions of deaths via its products, will stop at nothing
to hamper medical scientific progress and protect its bottom line.
Perhaps this zealous quest for profits and control now even includes
outright murder of alternative practitioners.
Shortly after the PBoC’s move to devalue the yuan, we noted with some alarm that it looked as though China
may have drawn down its reserves by more than $100 billion in the space
of just two weeks. That, we went on the point out, would represent a stunning increase over the previous pace of the country’s reserve draw down, which we’ve began documenting months ahead of the devaluation (see here,
for instance). We went on to estimate, based on the estimated size of
the RMB carry trade unwind, how large the FX reserve liquidation might
need to be to offset capital outflows and finally, late last week, we suggested that China’s official FX reserve data was set to become the new risk-on/off trigger for nervous, erratic markets. In
short, the pace at which Beijing is burning through its USD assets in
defense of the yuan has serious implications not only for investors’
collective perception of market stability, but for yields on core paper,
for global liquidity, and for US monetary policy.
On Monday we got the official data from China and sure enough, we
find out that the PBoC liquidated around $94 billion in reserves during
the month of August and as Goldman argues (see below), the “real” figure
might have been closer to $115 billion. Whatever the case, it’s a
staggering burn rate and needless to say, were the PBoC to continue to
liquidate its assets at this pace, it would necessitate a raft of RRR
cuts and hundreds of billions in short-term liquidity ops to ensure that
money market don’t seize up in the face of the liquidity drain. Here’s some commentary from across sellside desks on the official numbers:
From RBC’s Sue Trinh:
China FX reserves suggest about $140b used to defend yuan in April once valuation is accounted for
Believes PBOC has been intervening to maintain the yuan’s
stability since the devaluation, but this kind of intervention can’t
continue indefinitely
It’s unsustainable in the long run; yuan is overvalued by around 15%
by RBC’s latest estimate; still targeting USD/CNY at 6.56 by year-end
and 6.95 by the end of 2016
From Commerzbank’s Zhou Hao:
Decline in foreign reserves clearly suggests China’s central bank
intervened intensively in the FX market to stabilize CNY exchange rate
“One-off devaluation” in mid-Aug. triggered market expectations of
further CNY deprecation, which has not only endangered the financial
stability, but also posts a downside risk to the economy due to capital
outflows
It’s costly because frequent intervention will burn foreign reserves rapidly and tighten the onshore market liquidity;that said, further tightening of regulations is expected near term
Expects spread between CNY and CNH is likely to persist as PBOC has become an active player in onshore market
From Goldman:
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) reported that its foreign exchange
reserves dropped by US$94bn in August, to US$3.557tn at the end of the
month. However, it is not straightforward to derive the actual scale of
FX reserves sales from the headline FX reserves data, given uncertain
valuation effects and possible balance sheet management by the PBOC.
It is possible to get an approximate sense about valuation effects
stemming from currency movement: e.g., assuming the currency composition
of the PBOC’s FX reserves broadly follows that of the average country’s
(using the IMF COFER weights, which suggest roughly 70% in USD for EM
countries),the currency valuation effect would probably be
positive to the tune of roughly US$20bn (i.e., if we only look at the
change in headline FX reserves as a gauge of sales of FX reserves, sales
of FX reserves might have been underestimated by around US$20bn, given
the currency valuation effect).However, besides currency
movements, there could also be significant valuation effects from
changes to the market prices of the PBOC’s investment portfolios, and
the direction and size of those effects is hard to measure given the
uncertainty of the asset composition. Moreover, there could also be
possible short-term transactions and agreements between the PBOC and
banks that may complicate the interpretation of the change in FX
reserves as an underlying measure of RMB demand.
Of course the huge draw down was widely anticipated and indeed, we’ve
explored and detailed virtually every angle of this story in the lead
up to the data. The key takeaway here is that we now have official
confirmation that August saw $94 billion in reverse QE (and more likely
$115 billion) or, quantitative tightening as Deutsche Bank puts it. We can, as we explained on Saturday, argue about what the ultimate
effect on safe haven assets will be, but what’s not up for debate is
that conceptually speaking, China’s massive UST dumping is the opposite
of Western central bank QE and as such should be expected to pressure
yields. More specifically, Citi has suggested that for every $500
billion in EM FX reserve liquidation, there’s an attendant 108 bps or so
of upward pressure on 10Y yields. Similarly, Deutsche Bank, citing the
extant literature, flags 50-60bps of upward pressure on 5Y yields for
every $100 billion in monthly EM FX reserve liquidations.
The takeaway, as we put it last week, is that if the Fed hikes this month, it will be tightening into a tightening.
But it’s not that simple. It’s also possible that, if China’s FX
reserve draw downs do indeed end up serving as a trigger for risk-off
behavior (i.e. a selloff in risk assets), the subsequent flight to
safety could end up driving yields on long bonds lower, not higher. We discussed this in detailover the weekend.
Still, China isn’t the only country liquidating its USD assets.When
you consider that global EM FX reserves amount to more than $7
trillion, it seems reasonable to ask whether the flight to safety that
would invariably accompany a worldwide selloff in risk assets would be
sufficient to replace the lost bid from massive reserve draw downs. Or, as we put it on Saturday,
“the real question is what would everyone else do. If the other EMs
join China in liquidating the combined $7.5 trillion in FX reserves
(i.e., mostly US Trasurys but also those of Europe and Japan) shown
below into an illiquid Treasury bond market where central banks already
hold 30% or more of all 10 Year equivalents (the BOJ will own 60% by
2018), then it is debatable whether the mere outflow from stocks into
bonds will offset the rate carnage.”
And that consideration, in turn, puts the Fed in a very, very
difficult spot. A rate hike cycle will put further pressure on
already beleaguered EM currencies which raises the possibility that the
FX reserve liquidation will be larger than the eventual safe haven flows
and besides, there’s bound to be a lag between the liquidation of USD
assets and the flight to safety and given the potential for
extraordinary bouts of volatility in UST, JGB, and German Bund markets,
it’s anyone’s guess what happens in between.
Whatever the case, something will have to give here. That is, all
of these dynamics (i.e. a Fed hike, China’s massive UST dumping, an EM
meltdown precipitating FX reserve drawdowns, illiquid markets for the
same assets everyone is dumping, hemorrhaging petrostate budgets, etc.) simply
cannot coexist for long without something snapping because, as we put
it last week, in this very unstable arrangement, the smallest policy
error will reverberate exponentially, and those reverberations
can lead to only one thing: the Fed’s admission of policy failure by
adopting a tightening bias, and ultimately launching another phase of
monetary easing, be it QE4 or perhaps even the long-overdue and much
anticipated Friedmanesque “helicopter money” episode.
While sourcing water, and especially an adequate supply
of water, is a challenge, making such water safe to drink is a whole
other matter. There is much confusion relative to the best method to
use to purify water.
Is it boiling, filtering, adding bleach,
distillation, or something else? Truth be told, the answer is “it
depends”. Over time, I am starting to believe that the answer you get
is dependent upon who you ask and what interests they happen to
represent.
In this article, Daisy Luther, responds to the water purification questions posed by readers in a recent Prepper Book Festival giveaway. Daisy, who is the author of The Prepper’s Water Survival Guide, is not tied to special interests and is diligent in her research. As I mentioned in Part 1: Acquisition,
she is stepping up to answer your questions and hopefully bring
clarification to this all important topic of water purification.
So once again, grab a cup or bottle of good clean water and let us begin with Part Two of “Emergency Water for Preppers”.
Emergency Water for Preppers: Purification
While all of the aspects of water
preparedness are vital, often the most overlooked is purification.
Sometimes people outside the prepping world don’t think about the fact
that the water they manage to acquire could be teeming with dangerous
bacteria, sediment, and toxins. Today I’d like to address your questions
about water purification.
What is the number one water filter you would recommend?
I have two different favorites.
For in-home use, I love my Big Berkey. For any time I’m away from home, I carry a Sawyer mini.
We keep the mini in our backpacks, purses, and vehicles and have at
least one in our possession at all times – you just never know when you
might need to filter water!
What do you think of steri-pens for disinfecting water?
Steri-pens
are awesome, because they are small and easy to use. They can purify up
to 8000 liters of water. They work with ultraviolet light and destroy
99.9% of the bacteria, viruses, and protozoa that could make you sick.
The potential downside of steri-pens is that they require a power source. Some, like this one, are powered by AA batteries, while others can be recharged by computers, solar panels, or a wall charger.
What do you think of the SODIS method of purifying water?
SODIS stands for solar water disinfection.
It’s pretty amazing. Put water into a
PET plastic bottle (PolyEthylene Terephthalate, Recycle code #1), lay it
in the sun for at least 6 hours, and boom – you have safer water. The
beauty of the SODIS water purification method is that it costs next to
nothing and is simple to do in nearly any location.
The outdoor temperature is irrelevant –
the purification occurs from the exposure to UV rays. This is sort of
like an off-grid steri-pen.
Some warnings: if the water is cloudy,
you need to filter it before using this method. If the weather is cloudy
or overcast, 2 days will be required to purify the water. Be sure that
your plastic bottle is absolutely clear.
This method is approved by the World Health Organization, the Red Cross, and UNICEF. (source)
For those who are concerned about the exposure to petrochemicals or BPA in the plastic, the SODIS website says that as long as you use the PET plastic bottles, the amount of exposure to those and other chemicals will be insignificant.
While this might not be my number one
choice for water purification, if I was in a situation in which I didn’t
have the supplies to use other methods, this would be my fallback
method.
Speaking of the SODIS method, you might want to read Gaye’s review of the Puralytics Solar Bag; I know she swears by it.
Is using a WAPI (water pasteurization indicator) really adequate for heating water to a safe enough level to drink?
There are pros and cons to water pasteurization indicators.
On the pro side, a WAPI can help in
situations during which you need to save fuel, since the pasteurization
point of water is lower than the boiling point. They are a reliable way
to heat your water quickly. Since they’re small and inexpensive, they can be a great addition to a bug-out bag.
This being said, I’d normally just opt
to boil my water, since boiling water is unmistakable and can’t
malfunction. Rocket stoves take very little fuel to bring water to the
boiling point. WAPIs are really just a matter of personal preference.
What is really the best way to make sure you have clean water: filter, distill, boil, bleach, pool shock?
Distillation is probably the very safest
method. When you’re capturing steam, you’ll have no debris or sediment,
and the boiling required to make the steam will kill nearly all
contaminants like bacteria, viruses, or protozoa.
The problem with distillation is that if
water supplies are limited, you lose a lot during the process. This
means it’s not the best method for every situation.
Water purification is always two-fold –
you have to get rid of the chunks and you have to get rid of anything
harmful living in it. If you are not distilling, most often it’s
recommended to both filter and purify.
How do you use pool shock for potable water?
The great thing about storing pool
shock instead of bleach is that you don’t have the limited shelf life of
bleach. When a prep is this vital, you want it to be at full
effectiveness when you need it the most.
Before using pool shock or any chemical purification method, filter any debris, particles and sediment out of your water.
Gaye has an excellent article with all the details on using pool shock to purify water.
In summary, she wrote, “For my own use, I settled on 1 teaspoon of pool
shock per gallon of water when making up my stock chlorine solution.
Then, to disinfect water, I used 3/4 ounce of my pool shock solution to
treat a gallon of water. This makes it easy to calculate how much to
use, regardless of the size of your container.”
Always, always use eye protection goggles
and gloves when dealing with caustic chemicals. If your water tastes
funny, you can aerate it by pouring it back and forth between containers
a few times.
How do you filter iron and sand from well water?
Reverse osmosis is one of the best ways
to remove unwanted minerals from any kind of water, but in an off-grid
scenario that isn’t going to do you much good. Not only are most RO
systems grid-dependent, but they can also be outrageously expensive.
Carbon block filters (like the kind in
the Berkey systems) are your next best option for removing sediment. The
more sediment in your water, the more frequently you’ll need to replace
your filters. Be sure to stock up on lots of extras. Berkeys are
gravity fed and require no source of power to clean your water.
I have looked at my water heater
as a 50-gallon source but our water has a lot of minerals in it. What
is the best way to clean it up for consumption?
When harvesting water from your
water heater, quite often the first water that comes out will be
discolored and full of sediment. Reserve this for non-consumption uses
like flushing the toilet. (Regularly flushing your water heater will
help keep the sediment from building up too much.) Once the water runs
clear, you can collect this for drinking water.
Once you’ve collected the water, you
should still purify it and filter it through something like a Berkey
filter to remove any debris.
If you have a heavy buildup of lime,
calcium, or other minerals, the best method for making the water safe
to drink is distillation.
My question is how to make an
easier homemade distiller for water. This would be helpful if one can
afford a fancy distiller, but still has concerns about water quality in a
less than ideal situation.
Gaye has chosen to answer this one so let me turn things over to her:
I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Jim Cobb’s newest book, Prepper’s Survival Hacks.
In it he addresses the question of how to build your own solar still.
Even though his book is not slated for publication until mid to late
September, both Jim an his published have granted me permission to share
his hack for building a survival still.
And just so you know, I agree 100% with
Jim. This is not something I would do when SODIS or some other method
is more productive.
SOLAR STILL
I’m going to be flat-out honest with
you. I don’t in any way, shape, or form endorse the use of a solar still
for acquiring water in a survival situation. I’m including it here for
two reasons.
1. In any survival manual, it is almost
expected that the solar still be mentioned, and its absence in this book
would be noticeable.
2. I wanted to include it specifically so I could talk a bit about why you shouldn’t rely upon it.
MATERIALS Shovel
Bucket or clean container
Large plastic tarp
Large rocks or logs
Small rock
#1 On the surface, the solar still is a
fairly straightforward project. Using your shovel, dig a hole a few
feet deep. At the bottom of the hole, roughly in the center, place your
bucket or other clean container. Next, stretch the plastic tarp across
the top of the hole using the large rocks or logs to secure it in place.
Finally, place a small rock at the center of the tarp, which weighs it
down above your container.
#2 The idea is that the sun will heat
up the inside of that hole, causing moisture from the ground to
evaporate, then condense on the bottom of the plastic tarp. It will then
run along the plastic to the point above the bucket, into which it will
drip.
Here’s the thing. The amount of water
you’ll gain through the use of the solar still is, quite literally, a
drop in the bucket compared to the amount of energy you’ll expend by
digging the hole and setting everything up.
Don’t believe me? Go ahead, set one up
tomorrow and see how well it performs. If you get more than 2 cups of
water, you’ll be doing fairly well.
What would you recommend for a budget conscious first water filtration system?
If you want one of those pricey systems but can’t afford
it, you can actually build your own version of a gravity filtration
system. All you need are some basic tools, a couple of food grade
buckets, and 2 or 4 Berkey filters.
I have not made this myself but have been present when
someone else did, and it absolutely works like a Berkey. We did the dye
test after he made it and the DIY system passed. This is a good short
term solution.
When you can manage it, I recommend upgrading to a ready-made high
quality filter made with stainless steel, but this will get you through
in the event of an emergency.
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The Final Word
Sometimes the pursuit of knowledge
results in more questions than answers. I hope that is true in this
case because the more you ask, the more you learn. The more you learn,
the better prepared you will be following a disaster or other disruptive
event.
Going forward, there will be an article
answering your questions about water storage as well as a round up
article providing you will links to some of the best articles on the web
written by my preparedness blogging colleagues. Plus, in case you
missed it, there is Part 1, Emergency Water For Preppers: Acquisition.
As I mentioned in Part 1, one thing you
can count on is that over time, I will continue to introduce you to
strategies and resources that will help ensure that you have an adequate
supply of water to help you maintain both hydration and sanitation, no
matter what.
Enjoy your next adventure through common sense and thoughtful preparation!
Gaye Levy, also known as the Survival Woman,
grew up and attended school in the Greater Seattle area. After spending
many years as an executive in the software industry, she started a
specialized accounting practice offering contract CFO work to emerging
high tech and service industries. She has now abandoned city life and
has moved to a serenely beautiful rural area on an island in NW
Washington State. She lives and teaches the principles of a sustainable
and self-reliant lifestyle through her website at BackdoorSurvival.com.
At Backdoor Survival, Gaye speaks her mind and delivers her message of
prepping with optimism and grace, regardless of the uncertain times and
mayhem swirling around us.
LOS ANGELES — On September 24th, a “We the People” Town Hall
Meeting will be held at downtown Skid Row that will include a “Search
and Rescue” crusade to find as many homeless Veterans in the area as
possible and bus them to the Los Angeles VA for humanitarian housing and
care. Nearly a month ago, we asked the HOK architecture firm to hold a Town
Hall meeting at Skid Row like they’ve done at all the local neighboring
communities in West Los Angeles and they refused to take responsibility
and passed the buck to Charles Green, the Chief of VA Public Affairs,
who refused to respond or accept responsibility. Bobby Shriver, the close personal friend of VA Secretary McDonald who
helped negotiate the “settlement agreement” that has failed our
Veterans but benefits wealthy and powerful non-Veteran entities, was
asked to step up but he also refused to respond or accept responsiblity. Thus, “We the People” have accepted this responsibility and are
taking control to do the right and honorable thing on behalf our
disabled and homeless Veterans, starting at Skid Row. This Town Hall meeting and corresponding “Search and Rescue”
crusade are a consortium of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council
Coalition, Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council, Vietnam Veterans
of America-Region 9, Justiceville USA, and the Old Veterans Guard. More supportive allies will be announced soon and we welcome all
Veterans Service Organizations, Veteran advocates and local
organizations of goodwill to join. Every fellow American who appreciates our nation’s unique way of life
and are grateful to the men and women of our Armed Forces who’ve made
it possible, are respectfully requested to participate and join in this
noble cause. This bold venture will change the math of Veteran homelessness at
Skid Row as we are going into the most densely populated area of Veteran
homelessness in the nation and we are going to bus every one of them to
the Los Angeles VA until there are zero homeless Veterans there,
unless he or she voluntarily chooses to continue living in the worst
hell hole on American soil. Earlier this year on January 3rd, humanitarian Rafer Johnson,
America’s legendary Olympic Decathlon Champion and Civil / Human Rights
icon, spoke passionately before the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council
Coalition and declared that Los Angeles is in a “state of emergency” for
homeless Veterans and that we needed to use the nearly 400 acres of
land at the Los Angeles VA to house and care for them. Jay Handal, chairman of the West Los Angeles Neighborhood Council
authored a Motion that passed unanimously by the 96-member neighborhood
coalition supporting Rafer’s declaration. See attachment that includes a February 19 letter to the VA from Dick
Southern, Region 9 Director of Vietnam Veterans of America, requesting
an emergency land use permit to house and care for our homeless
Veterans on the VA grounds that was deeded exclusively in 1888 to house
and care for disabled and disadvantaged Veterans. All of these honorable gestures have been flat-out denied and
rejected by those entrusted to end Veterans homelessness, particularly
VA Secretary McDonald’s “homeless expert” Vince Kane, who adamantly
declares that we are absolutely not in a “state of emergency.” Considering the VA’s failure to do its job as promised, one thing
everyone knows is that we are definitely in a “state of responsibility.” Thus, “We the People” accept this responsibility to do what VA
Secretary McDonald and Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti failed in their public
promise to end Veteran homelessness by the end of this year. Now they say it will be next summer at the earliest. Homeless Veterans cannot wait any longer, nor can “We the People”! On September 24th,”We the People” begin our “Search and Rescue”
crusade to first end Veteran homelessness in Skid Row and then we’re
going into every Los Angeles neighborhood until each homeless
Veteran has been brought onto the VA grounds for proper housing and
care. A very special thanks to Terrence Gomes, president of the Los Angeles
Neighborhood Council Coalition, and Patti Berman, president of the
Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council, for stepping up and
organizing the Skid Row Town Hall Meeting. Join and become part of this history-making Mission to truly end
Veteran homelessness in Los Angeles, our nation’s capital for homeless
Veterans. God Bless America and the Veterans Revolution!
(But
are those Designated Drivers going to be a NON-Attacker before you
get Home or will they even put you to Bed? But maybe the Driver Less
cars are not approved of by Law Enforcement!)
Stay alive and out of jail? There's an app for that
Designated-driver plan looks to keep drunk drivers away from wheel
How about those apps these days?
They can do anything, from monitoring your home-security system to
finding the closest restaurant. Probably set you up with a date, and
much more. And now there’s one that potentially could keep you out of jail. It’s called the BeMyDD app and it is being promoted through a 24-city
tour of a program to set up and provide designated drivers. That’s those who don’t drink during a night on the town, and are safe to drive those who do drink, back home. Be My Designated Driver is
the nation’s largest designated-driver service, and said its 12-month,
nationwide effort will provide free designated drivers cities across the
U.S. in coming weeks and months. It’s intended to change the statistics that “every 52 minutes, someone in the U.S. is killed at the hands of a drunk driver.” It has partnered with industry sponsors for the program, which is described online: “Over the next year, the tour will bring free designated drivers to a
new city every other Saturday, providing car pickup services within 50
miles of the city center. From 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. on the specified date in
each location, customers who have driven somewhere and do not want to
drive home can request a car pickup at no charge by using the BeMyDD
smartphone app, available for iOS and Android devices. A team of drivers
will arrive at the customer’s location, one to drive the customer and
their car home safely, and the other to retrieve the driver afterwards.” “Social responsibility is a huge priority for us,” said Arthur Simanovsky, BeMyDD president. “We’re always looking for ways to make finding a designated driver
easier than getting behind the wheel. The 24-City Designated Driver Tour
is our biggest opportunity yet to positively impact communities all
over the United States.” He notes the reality – that drunk driving accidents regularly involve
significant costs, or even fatalities and resulting charges and
convictions for the driver. It’s set up specifically for suburban residents for whom taxi services quickly can get expensive. “In addition to the potential lives saved through the use of
designated drivers, services like BeMyDD also help avoid the expense of
getting a DUI, which can cost around $16,000, according to AAA,” the
company announced. “The 24-City Designated Driver Tour is an excellent opportunity to
promote responsible consumer enjoyment, which is one of our core brand
values,” said Rob Frederick, director of corporate responsibility at
Brown-Forman, the parent company of Jack Daniel’s, one of the sponsors. Details about the 24-city tour are online, but it starts Sept. 26, in Los Angeles, and continues through August 2016. Cities or areas included are Miami, Orange County, Tampa, Cleveland,
Charlotte, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Phoenix, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago,
Orlando, Dallas, Seattle, San Diego, Washington, San Francisco,
Raleigh, Boston, Las Vegas, Houston, San Antonio, and New York. The company now operates in 76 markets in 31 states.
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