Monday, June 8, 2015

Unequally Yoked.

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Hello Good People!
Another rainy day, but we'll take it, of course, because "This is the Day that the Lord has made."   I am 'home alone' again,  but have a positive mood. just me and the dog here.   I am glad that we have a good, strong, well trained dog and Rottweiler's are my fav. and only breed of dog.    They are like affectionate children IF you raise and train them up right.  You must be firm yet gentle and loving.   They are independent by nature, and MUST be trained to OBEY, not have their own way.   A lazy, cowardly, untrained dog, IMHO, is worthless and a waste of money  --- but I know that some will disagree with me, and we wonder just who is the "dog" and who is the master...  duh?  
     Yes, Sir!  Today will be a good day, and I will go to the store for some lunch meat, and then I will clean and dust the house if I have enough  energy.   I also need to find my check book and pay some bills....  but right now, I am ahead of the game, and lovin' it to death.   I just feel kind of tired and slow, today, and need to kick my self in the butt to get started.   I don't drink coffee or tea, or milk, so I have to generate my own energy somehow.   Once I get going, I'm OK.  

The question of an UNBLEIEVEING MATE OR SPOUSE, is the subject of today's article, and the Theme:  'What you see --- is what you get.'   Never, but never, expect to 'change someone after you marry them ! !'  Most of the time it just will not happen, and you ought to know it.   There are so many times that a prospective mate will lie and say anything join a person in some relationship, and personally,  [I am a sinner too, but...], I have had too many experiences with ladies who claimed they were 'Christian' but never ever cracked open the bible nor read/ studied it !   And then later you find out that they are far apart from your own bible based beliefs.   Two times I have won them over to the Lord, with the help of the Holy Spirit, but it's not common for most of the time !   I think my present relationship is finally working out,  but after so much WORK, patience and gentle handling, Lord help me.   Hey!  We ALL come into relationship with excess 'baggage' and hidden,  secret things that we want to hide and just forget.   But, like I always say,  "Where ever you go --- There you are."   The solution:   tear off the "Old Man" and put on the new man --- come to know and follow Christ."   And still, we will never be perfect,  but we can make some real progress and get along with our wives and husbands.    That's the way I see it, friends.   My last trip to S.E. WISCONSIN, drove that fact home to my head and heart, and now I have a better, more positive mind set.   But the minute we try to take all the credit and glory,  God will 'spank us' again to make us humble, and it's only right.   We are His children and he loves us.  We also love our pets and children and teach them to not run out into the streets to get killed by a speeding car.    
    I recently bought a high quality Coleman lantern that uses two kinds of liquid fuel and shines bright at WalMart via on-line sales.   Just in case the lights go out for some reason.    I hope I never need that investment, but I like to have my anatomy covered all the time, and for emergencies.   It came with a hard case so the fragile grass won't get broken on a trip.  
     And now, today, I will read and study my Ram truck owners' manual.

Good Day,
Tommy

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Unequally Yoked


Q. I am wondering about the unequally yoked issue. I don’t understand the principle of an unrighteous person being made righteous because they happen to be married to a believer when they themselves are not a believer.  Does the unrighteous one being made righteous mean that the believer may somehow “cover” their non believing spouse? What if there are children involved and what is the right thing according to God when the unbelieving spouse begins to teach their views against God to the children?

A. Paul’s comments on being unequally yoked appear in 2 Cor. 6:14-18  where he explained that the world view of a believer and the world view of an unbeliever are so different that they can’t be mixed. They’re like oil and water, and will eventually become a source of contention in a relationship.  His admonition applies to all close relationships, of which marriage is only one.
The issue of mixed marriages comes up in 1 Cor. 7:14-16 where Paul told mixed couples to stay together as long as the unbeliever was willing, but if not let him or her go. The idea of the believer sanctifying the non believer  applies only as far as the children below the age of reason are concerned.  The faith of the believing spouse provides a protective “covering” for the children of the marriage.
Once the children reach the age of accountability they are responsible for their own salvation, and this is where one of the most serious problems of being unequally yoked comes in.   Who will decide what the children will be taught concerning the most important question of their life.  And that is, where they will spend eternity?
Paul’s statement in verse 16 confirms that the belief of one spouse cannot accrue to the other one for the purpose of salvation.  “How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?”  We should never marry someone hoping to change him/her later. It rarely works.
If one party became a believer after the marriage it’s one thing, but if a believer knowingly marries an unbeliever, it’s something else altogether. That’s why Paul preached against it.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

The "Chip" implanted in the Skin.

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Friends,
We KNEW it was coming,  but it seems that NOW it is here!   Wow!  I am now playing "catch-up" at F/B after a year Sabbatical...self imposed, as I thought it was the best thing to do for a while, goofy me.  And I just stumbled upon this article/ image....  well it is good to find out these things are happening and all so soon.  
     From what I understand, the Rapture has to come FIRST before the 666 Mark of the Beast thing, so I feel some relief in knowing that, but still, what a kick in the gut.   I also heard that the Pope is about to release info about ET's zooming around us, and that news should finish nailing his coffin shut or his being devoid of spiritual, biblical truth and knowledge,  where most Christian children already know that those so-called ET's are really demons !   Sorry, folks,  I am NOT running down anyone's religion and was also born into that Faith, myself,  but studying the KJV Bible has set me free, along with the H.S. --Holy Spirit.   I am not here to oppress, insult, or harass anyone's beliefs,  but please just read it for yourselves in the bible, dear friends and readers.   An excellent bible that I use is called the DEFINED KJV Bible,  [biblefortoday.org]  and can be had for a good price.   I have bought and given away many of them in the spirit of sharing the truth with those I care for.   But then,  even our Lord Jesus Christ could not change the hard hearts of idiots and unbelievers while He was on earth.   The devil has a straggle hold on many people in the world, in fact the MAJORITY of earth's people !  
       I would hate to get to heaven and stand before the Lord with an empty sack..... having never shared the Gospel with anyone on earth !   I was never a natural born preacher,  but since I love the Lord, sinner that I am, and have the Holy Spirit in me,  I try my best to share the Gospel with any and every person I can while I draw breath on earth.  

I got some more sun today in the back yard and got all sweaty, then took a fine shower, and I've got to say,  this is as close to paradise on earth as I will ever come.   I figure I've paid my 'dues'  ten times over, working hard and falling down too many times, many times my stupid mistakes.   And I just know that 'Prepping' and storing up stuff here and now will not prevent me from more suffering and hard ship down the road as things MUST GET WORSE, according to the Book.   I will certainly not be spared, but being a Disabled Veteran and a Christian make me  a 'Prime Target' for the Gov't with Satan whispering in their ears all along.   What we see now is just the very beginning, dear friends.   And that is why we all need the Spirit and the Lord.   Some of my closest, most dear friends and loved ones STILL don't get it....  duh.   They just want to use my substance to decorate the house and yard, and keep up with the Jones, so it seems, IMHO.   Some folks will run their butts into the ground doing so many favors for their kids and friends --- but never stop to thank or help that hand that feeds them... sorry.   And it does get lonely U.P. here mostly all alone, most of the time....  but that is the cross I must carry, and makes things work.   But I'll just bet that there are MANY in my shoes, and I cannot let depression get me down.   Hey!  At least we are not freezing in -20 below zero, right now... lol.   I so love the Summertime U.P. here, just like a real paradise, IMHO.  

I just bought some raw organic honey, and it doesn't taste like the crap we buy at the store.   Probably because all stores only have a shadow of the real stuff and tainted with a majority of corn syrup added to make us sick.   Real raw honey has many healing properties in it.

Warm Regards,
Tom


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Trendies Ready for Ultimate Wearable: “Chip Implanted in Their Skin Used for Payments”The Mark of the Beast is more almost here than ever before. As SHTF has previously noted, the likelihood of a forced RFID implant under the guise of a martial law pandemic emergency might be a little too obvious, as far as future tyranny goes. Before it comes to that, it seems plenty of people will be voluntarily subjecting themselves to cattle-like status, by jumping at the chance to ditch the inconvenience of a wallet and get a “smarter” payment system that can b

Monday, June 1, 2015

Invasion USA.

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Good Day, on a sunny, but chilly day.
      With this post about the Mexican Invasion of the USA,  I confess that I didn't even know that it was possible for young girls to give birth at ages 10- 13 years old !!   Sorry, but I feel so ignorant in this area,  but stuff like that never happened when I was that age in S.E. Wisconsin.   And when I got into High School about the age of 16, we rarely had any girls get pregnant in the Mid- 1960's in our rural setting.   Maybe one or two in the entire school in those days.   I remember that we guys always liked and wanted the girls in those days,  but we were restrained by our stricter morality and mores.... and really, that was a blessing to everyone.   What high school kid is ready to get meaningful work and support a wife and child ??   I started my own family when I got back from the Army and Vietnam at age 21, and my bride was age 19, going to college and also working, as was I.   I was working at Nestle Co., in Burlington, WI., making chocolate, etc.   I desperately wanted to make good, settle down and start my own family, after 2 tours of duty in a war zone, dodging bullets, etc.   I was thankful to just be alive and have a good job, enjoying married life!  

It's hard for me to understand the "skin trade" especially with girls so young, and now we can see how our economy is being trashed and bloated with so many "anchor babies" and people who refuse to work in America !   That the Democratic Party would stoop so low just to get votes.   But the other side is not that far behind in corruption, making believe that the American voters have any real choice.  

I am sorry if this post offends my readers' sensibilities, but I think that we ought to be more aware of what is really going on in this country  --- and why it now makes more sense that the Lord, Father in Heaven is looking to 'Clean Up' and also chastise this country right now, in a large way.   After all, a loving Father would not just stand idly by knowing what mischief His children were getting into... and He is sure to be looking for the errant ones with a stick in His hands.

By the way, friends,  if you or someone you know is trapped in a false religious cult like the JW's [Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, and others],  please make a note of this Info that has also helped me "exit" the JW- church of the poisoned mind, Org.   Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc.   Phone:  630-627-9028.   Email:  info@midwestoutreach.org   Web site:  www.midwestoutreach.org    These fine people helped me out in a large way many years ago when I was totally lost and searching for the Lord, and I only want to provide a place that is well suited and knowledgeable to help others like me, who were trapped and fallen prey to poisonous cults in the USA, etc.   Please pass this on.   Thanks.

Warm Regards,
Tommy Schuckman


COULTER: America Has Already Taken in One-Fourth of Mexico’s Entire Population!

                     
 
May 28, 2015 10:10 am  
(Ann Coulter) – I finally found a Mexican willing to do a job no American will do! I have an explosive book on the No. 1 issue in the country coming out next week, I’ve already written 10 New York Times best-sellers — I’d be on a postage stamp if I were a liberal — but can’t get an interview on ABC, NBC or CBS.
Only Mexican-born Jorge Ramos would interview me on his Fusion network. Yay, Jorge!
After a spellbinding interview, Ramos ended by asking this excellent question — which I had suggested myself for all authors, most of whom write very boring books, harming the marketability of my own books: “Is there anything in your book that isn’t already generally known?”
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My soon-to-be-released book, “Adios, America! The Left’s Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole,” is jam-packed with facts you didn’t already know. Don’t even think of using it as a coaster, like those other books.
These are just a few:
– Teddy Kennedy’s 1965 Immigration Act was expressly designed to change the demographics of our country to be poorer and more inclined to vote Democratic.
– It worked! Post-1970 immigrants vote 8-2 for the Democrats.
– Citing this dramatic shift in the Democratic Party’s fortunes, Democratic consultant Patrick Reddy called the 1965 Immigration Act “the Kennedy family’s greatest gift to the Democratic Party.”
– Immigrants admitted before 1970 made more money, bought more houses and were more educated than Americans. The post-Kennedy immigrants are astronomically less-educated, poorer and more likely to be on welfare than the native population.
– With no welfare state to support them, about a third of pre-1965 Act immigrants returned to the places they came from. British and Jewish immigrants were the least likely to go home — less than 10 percent did.
– Although America is admitting more immigrants, they are coming from fewer countries than they did before 1970. On liberals’ own terms, the country is becoming less “diverse,” but a lot poorer and a lot more Latin.
– America has already taken in one-fourth of Mexico’s entire population.
– In 1970, there were almost no Nigerian immigrants in the United States. Our country is now home to more Nigerians than any country in the world except Nigeria.
– America takes more immigrants from Nigeria than from England.
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– The government refuses to tell us how many prisoners in the United States are immigrants. That information is not available anywhere. But the ancillary facts suggest that the number is astronomical.
– There are more foreign inmates in New York state prisons from Mexico than from the entire continent of Europe.
– Hispanics are less likely to be in the military than either whites or blacks, and a majority of Hispanic troops are women. On the other hand, Hispanics are overrepresented in U.S. Prisons.
– In Denmark, actual Danes come in tenth in criminals’ nationality, after Moroccans, Lebanese, Yugoslavians, Somalis, Iranians, Pakistanis, Turks, Iraqis and Vietnamese.
– At least 15 percent of all births in Peru and Argentina are to girls between the ages of 10 and 15. In the U.S., only 2 percent of births are to girls that young, and those are mostly Hispanics, who are seven times more likely to give birth at that age than white girls are.
– Sex with girls as young as 12 years old is legal in 31 of the 32 states of Mexico.
– In all of Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel combined, there have been eight reported births to girls aged 10 or younger. Seven of the eight were impregnated by immigrants.
– In some areas of America, law enforcement authorities have given up on prosecuting statutory rape cases against Mexican men in their 30s who impregnate 12- and 13-year-old girls, after repeatedly encountering parents who view their little girls’ pregnancies as a “blessing.”
– The same North Carolina newspapers that gave flood-the-zone coverage to a rape that never happened at a Duke lacrosse party completely ignore real rapes happening right under their noses, being committed against children by immigrants providing cheap labor to the state’s farming and meat-packing industries.
– Since 2004, Mexicans have beheaded at least a half-dozen people in the United States.
– Mexican drug cartels — not ISIS — pioneered the practice of posting videotaped beheadings online.
– An alleged “ISIS” beheading video making the rounds in 2014 was actually a Mexican beheading video from 2010.
– Post-1970 immigrants have re-introduced slavery to America. Indian immigrant Lakireddy Bali Reddy, for example, used the H1-B visa program, allegedly for “high-tech workers,” to bring in 12-year-old girls he had bought from their parents for sex.
– The above story was missed by the San Francisco Chronicle. It was broken by a high school journalism class.
– The ACLU took Reddy’s side.
– We’re still letting in Hmong immigrants as a reward for their help with the ill-fated Vietnam War, which ended 40 years ago.
– Between 2000 and 2005, nearly 100 Hmong men were charged with rape or forced prostitution of girls in Minneapolis-St Paul, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The vast majority of the victims were 15 years old or younger. A quarter of the victims were not Hmong.
– Proponents of the 1965 immigration bill swore up and down that it would not alter this country’s demographic mix. In fact, Kennedy’s immigration policy has brought about the greatest demographic shift of any nation in world history.
– In 1980, Reagan won the biggest electoral landslide in history against an incumbent president, Jimmy Carter. Without the last 40 years of immigration, in 2012, Mitt Romney would have won a bigger landslide than Reagan did. He got more of the “Reagan coalition” than Reagan did.
– If Romney had won 71 percent of the Hispanic vote, he still would have lost. If he’d gotten just 4 percent more of the white vote, he would have won.
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2015-05-27.html
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Jesus said,  "All these are the beginning of sorrows.  Then they shall deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you:  and  ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake."   --- Matthew 24: 8-9.   And verse 14:   "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness into all nations, and then shall the end come."  
     I guess this is pretty plain enough, gentlemen and ladies.   It seems to little old me that we are experiencing this RIGHT NOW on earth, and so the Rapture MUST be close.   And so this translates into:   What are we to do with all the warnings plainly marked out and going full steam ahead ?   I would say:  'Keep paying the bills, and keep on encouraging all your friends, relatives in a nice, respectful, gentle, loving way, and draw closer to the Lord, our ONLY salvation, while every one else is chasing their tails trying to elect another simple, imperfect human being to 'rule over us.'   Yes,  I WILL VOTE when that time comes,  but be it well known to all those reading this that I don't expect ANY improvement in our society.   Instead,  I EXPECT to see the times getting much darker, more violent, more corrupt, and crazy.   Why??   The bible tells me so !

Somehow,  I managed to get back onto FaceBook today and hope to pick up with the many friendships, News, stories and exchanges....   but I will really watch my P's and Q's from now on and be a "nice guy" all around.   I will endeavor to treat everyone with deep respect and kindness.

Tom Schuckman


Christians: The #1 Most Persecuted, and Rising

By: Stacy Long
Posted: Friday, May 29, 2015 1:28 PM
Stacy Long Writer - AFA Journal More Articles
Pew Research, reported in 2015 that Christians were harassed by governments or social groups in more countries than any other religious group.
- Stacy Long
Media and liberal narratives like to portray Christianity as a dominating, imperialist power over native religions and societies. The truth is that, out of any religious group, Christians around the world are the most likely to suffer oppression and persecution. This is not just opinion or hearsay, but a hard fact, gleaned from up-to-date research from leading sources. 
For example, Pew Research, reported in 2015 that Christians were harassed by governments or social groups in more countries than any other religious group. To put the numbers into perspective, Christians faced harassment in 102 out of 198 countries studied. In comparison, Jews were harassed in 77 countries, which was a seven-year high for the religion. Muslims were harassed in 99 countries. Looking at these numbers shows that Christians are the most widely persecuted religious group in the world. 
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom even described the past year as marking the worst level of persecution in modern times, largely because of attacks on Christians fueled by groups such as ISIS and Boko Haram. The USCIRF 2015 annual report, only recently released on April 30, documents incidents of persecution giving rise to that characterization. USCIRF chair Dr. Karen Lantos Swett has stated that attacks on “fundamental religious freedom” have reached "unprecedented levels particularly in the Middle East with the violent attacks by ISIS." 
The widespread extent of persecution against Christians and descriptions of increased persecution makes sense when it is realized that many countries with the highest levels of hostility against Christians also have the fastest growing populations. As these populations grow, so will the number of Christians present to be persecuted more frequently and in more locations. Thus, persecution of Christians can be expected to increase along with population. 
Of eleven cities expected to grow to 10 million people by 2030, eight are in countries included on the Open Doors 2015 World Watch List, which names the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian. Those eight fast-growing large cities are in countries currently ranked by the World Watch List are as follows: 
Pakistan, ranked #8 for extreme persecution
Vietnam, ranked #16 for severe persecution
India, ranked #21 for severe persecution
China, ranked #29 for moderate persecution
Colombia, ranked #35 for moderate persecution 
Looking more closely at Pew’s statistics on the world’s two most populous countries, China has the largest number of government restrictions on religion, and India has the highest number of social restrictions on religion. Of course, not all countries with a great deal of persecution against Christians have huge populations. In Myanmar, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Russia, society and government together impose very high levels of religious restrictions. 
While growing population and region are factors contributing to incidents of persecution, they are not the only variables. As the data above demonstrates, persecution of Christians is widespread and reaches far beyond the influence of just one or two circumstances. It also merits far more attention than either the media or the government devotes to the real and intense sufferings of Christians worldwide.
(Unless otherwise noted, the opinions expressed are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the views of the American Family Association or American Family Radio.)

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Guide to EMP.

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Hi Friends,
     I don't know if I care for the term, "Prepper" as much as the Old Boy Scout motto:  "Be Prepared," and yes I was a Boy Scout while I lived in the big city of Milwaukee, WI., and when my parents bought our farm, we became active in the 4-H Club.   But my Dad served in WW-2, Navy, and was raised on a Kansas farm too, so he knew a lot about surviving and storing up food for the Winter too.     My brother, Albert, heats his house with nothing but wood, and is also a good hunter/ fisherman/ certified welder.  
    And before I go any farther, let me say that most of the time --- buying QUALITY stuff from quality, honest, respectable people, is your best bet...  but we all have to have the right priorities and use common sense as to what we can afford.  Monster Flashlights.com  ---is a very fine, QUALITY company that has some great products that will 'light up the night' big time, type flashlights,  but they are pricy.   Again,  you get what you pay for.   I own a few, and the batteries are rechargeable.    
     I hope I will not get into trouble by passing along the following info from a great web site that I like and subscribe to,  but for the sake of my closer friends and relatives,  I felt that I really needed to/ wanted to, share this info with others.  Forgive me if I am in error, folks.  
     Friends,  sometimes I land in sort of a 'grey area' where the Scriptures just don not tell me if something is totally right or wrong,  but if we KNOW the mind of God, according to His entire Word of 66 books in the KJV Bible, at least we can get a "feeling" for things with our human, God-given sense and reasoning abilities.    I have endeavored to be a "Word Smith" for most of my life, for several reasons,  but I always wanted to have the right/ correct word/ term for the right moment.   I am also a well trained, professional public speaker, and the Marketing arm of PFS Investments helped me develop this skill along with school, reading books, etc.   Some of us are just gifted in this area,  but most folks can surely improve with proper tutoring and practice, IMHO.  
     OK....  Now we know that the Rapture COULD COME AT ANY TIME NOW... as all prophecies have already been fulfilled.   But,  we could all still see some nasty, really hard times befall us all even THIS YEAR with possible war, currency and financial melt down, drought in the USA and many other places, prices of food and other goods going up rapidly, etc.    I try to explain to many people including those very close to me that:   'We buy auto insurance, house, Life Insurance, hoping that we will never need it.   We have fire alarms, fire extinguishers, locks on the doors, cars, autos, trucks, and fences, gates, plus a fire departments, police and other Emergency Squads set in place, for  good reason.   We cannot protect ourselves from everything harmful --- but we can do what is commonly thought to be prepared and defensive.   Even the Bible talks about putting some silver and gold  [money $$$] aside for such emergencies!    My past wife that I loved so much died of CHF [Congestive heart failure] about 6 years ago, and she was so 'messed up/ sick for such a long time even before I knew her, that she was "uninsurable" so we had NO Life Insurance for her, and the funeral place just 'socked it to me' $$$$ in Union Grove, WI !!   I learned from that.   Her son, graciously helped me $$ with the funeral, etc., but it still took a long time for me to pay for all of that [funeral expenses, etc ]--- but it had to be done.   So I have make prior arraignments to 'take care of my present wife,'  Terri, in case something should happen to me.    I am just saying that we really need to plan ahead to a certain extent.    But that's my private affair, and enough said.     We will still trust in the Lord, not to worry,  but common sense is smart sense.
     Well, Folks,  I hope you know where I am going with all of this, dear friends and readers.   Some other religious cults have pushed their falsehoods onto their followers so that those folks thought they should sell their houses and forget taking care of their medical/ dental stuff...  and then many years since 1975 have passed, that folks like that are in hard times now and found wanting !!   Real Christians ought to be more grounded and sensible than that, while still shining a "Light in the Darkness" and sharing the Gospel all over the world !   Still, I have had many people making fun of me and pointing me out to be some kind of  strange old man with a tin foil hat on...  lol.     But, for the most part,  I am satisfied with 'whom I am, and what I am.'   I have explained a few times to Terri's kids, that "in case, for some reason we just disappear into thin air"  they can find important things here and there, and that they should try to understand all I have been telling them about the RAPTURE, and what to do if they find themselves in that circumstances.   So far they just laugh at me...  But that's part of the territory -- of being a Christian.  People laughed and made fun of Noah too--  because it had never rained before in Earth's history, and why was he building the ARK ??   But Noah was the great ancestor of Jesus Christ, and just check that out at Luke, chapter 3.     I also still think that it's a smart idea to invest in PM's [Precious Metals--gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and even some copper rounds] and know of a great, well know, HONEST, fair, PM- company...  just ask me. about MMX.].   Beware!  The low, cheap prices we have now day, 5-30-15, will NOT stay that way for long.  Invest now!  And do NOT tell any other human on Earth...  because:  "Loose lips -- sink ships."   And NEVER, EVER STORE YOUR PM's AT ANY BANK OR CREDIT UNION, or you WILL lose it !  Crap like that may just happen before the New Year gets here.
But you cannot eat gold or silver, so you also need, IMHO,  some canned and frozen food, and pure drinking water, plus some toilet paper, candles and batteries.   That's just my humble opinion, friends, and you all do what YOU think is best,  but continue to read and study the KJV Bible, and stay close to God.   
    Tell me if you agree, and if you think this article has merit, please.   Have a great day.

By the way, friends and readers,  If you or some one you know is trapped in one of those terrible religious cults,  here is a special contact number that will help you, as it did me, so many years ago:   Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc.   Phone:  630-627-9028.  Email:  info@midwestoutreach.org    ---Please share this with everyone you know, please.   Thanks !

Warm Regards,
Tommy Schuckman








A Green Beret’s Guide to EMP: Practical Steps to Prepare for a “Lights Out” Scenario (Part 1)





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Jeremiah Johnson is a retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces (Airborne) and a graduate of the U.S. Army’s SERE school (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape).
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This series is dedicated to Ben Raines, one of SHTF’s readers, who wrote:
“If the power is out for more than 2 weeks I will have some serious decisions to make.”
Ben, I’m doing this article for you as I promised, and I hope it will help you (and others) to make those decisions in the critical moments and days following an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) event.  Although I had plenty of science courses in college, I am not a scientist.  Certainly someone with a scientific background will comment on this article.  Let me state this:  Scientists, I welcome all comments, positive or negative, but please make them proactive.  These articles are forums where the writers are “emcees” that introduce topics for discussion and present some salient points.  You guys and gals are the ones who pick up the topics and run the football in for the TD.
We need to be “SME’s” as we called them in the Army: Subject Matter Experts.  One of my personal goals for SHTF is not just to draw a large readership base; it is to help readers develop themselves and also develop one another.  Let the site become an ORP (objective rally point) where everyone can plan, exchange ideas, and attain better levels of awareness and preparation for the times to come.  In this light, there is a lot of knowledge out there awaiting use.  Take the knowledge you amass, step up to the plate, and take the swing: do the best you can with what you have.  And if it isn’t perfect, so what?  You give it your best shot and then adjust fire from there.
So here it is.  Scenario 1 finds you on your way to work.  You just dropped the kids off to school and you’re out on the freeway heading toward work at 8:05 am, armed with a cup of coffee and your local radio station.  All of a sudden the radio crackles and all of the power in your vehicle cuts off and you drift (hopefully safely!) to a halt.  You do a head check: all of your fellow commuters on the road are experiencing the same problem, except one guy in a ’54 Ford pickup truck who passes right by you.  You look at your wristwatch and it is blank.  Your cell phone is off, and out.  You notice a traffic light ahead of you is out, and the convenience store and its sign on the corner are devoid of lights.  Somewhere in the heart of the American Midwest, about 200 miles above the ground, an ICBM just went off and delivered an EMP to the U.S.
This article and the series are going to focus on some basic things we can do to help us prepare beforehand for such a scenario.  Almost all of the readers here knows about what an EMP is and some basics about it.  We are not going to delve into all of the properties of the EMP.  For those who haven’t heard of it, an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) is a high-density electrical field that can damage or destroy electronic devices.  EMP can affect cars and trucks, computers, electrical appliances, aircraft, power transmission grids, and anything unshielded from it.  This can be delivered by a missile or a satellite and would have devastating effects on the U.S. power grid and infrastructure, as mentioned in this citation:
Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack, CRITICAL NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURES, April 2008: Page 45: “It is not practical to try to protect the entire electrical power system or even all high value components from damage by an EMP event. There are too many components of too many different types, manufactures, ages, and designs. The cost and time would be prohibitive. Widespread collapse of the electrical power system in the area affected by EMP is virtually inevitable after a broad geographic EMP attack …”
Readers, I think you grasp the concept.  Now let’s discuss what we can do about it.  The first thing I propose to you:
“Low tech” your supplies as much as possible as your “base.”
Rely on your basics that do not rely upon electricity or technology.  I have mentioned some items in previous articles that we’re going to stress here, as it is all interrelated.  This list is neither in order nor exhaustive:
  1. Lensatic Compass: good old-fashioned GI equipment; durable, reliable, and affordable.  If you must carry your wrist compass (electronic), make sure your Lensatic is available for backup, and make sure you know how to use it.
  2. Hand-crank flashlight: has its own little generator and doesn’t rely on batteries
  3. A Good Automatic Movement Watch: You need to keep time and coordinate things with your family after the event.  You’ll have to really shop and find one with a good warranty.
  4. Slide Rule: Yes, you may find the need to make complex calculations in a hurry.  The “Uncle Caveman” abacus just won’t do the trick on some things.  Pick up a slide rule and go online or find references on how to use it.
  5. Optics not requiring batteries: Those rangefinders and Steiners just lost their tech, and that wonderful laser crosshair reticle with range-tab vanished.  Any scope for a weapon needs to not be dependent on any batteries, electronic optics, or laser devices.
  6. Security devices: In this case, locks, safes (guns, valuables, etc), automobiles (touch pad entry), and anything requiring electricity or electronics to enter…make ‘em manual.  What good is a gun safe that works electronically and then you have to blow the door to retrieve the weapons?
  7. Vehicles: How high-tech is your vehicle?  The ’54 Ford truck in the example will probably still be good to go; however, the Lamborghini may have just become a lawn ornament in memoriam.  We’ll cover more on this later.
  8. Well Water: The water pump isn’t going to work unless you have a genny, and even then it may not.  What do you do?  I ordered a kit from a guy name John Tatman: the EZ Water Well Hand Pump that has a special valve he supplies you and you build the pump out of PVC.  The guy is great; he lets you talk to him directly on his cell phone if you have a problem.  The kit works to wells up to 175 feet deep, at 4-5 gallons per minute; you can order it online.  The whole kit and kaboodle will run you less than $250.
  9. Food: Yes, food.  How are you going to save what is in the fridge?  Prepare by having adequate supplies of charcoal and a couple of grills (I recommend a Brinkman).  Also, now is the time for canning supplies.  Pick up a green two-burner Coleman camp stove that works on dual fuel (Coleman/white gas, and gasoline).  You can use this to fire up the pressure canners and water-bath canners at a controlled rate[Note: If you want to read about a “mad scramble” with food, go to Tess Pennington’s Ready Nutrition site and find my articles on how my wife and I made it through Hurricane Katrina]  I strongly recommend visiting your local County Extension Office or the local Community College for a Canning Course.
An Additional note on food:  Keeping in the fridge only what is necessary for about a week and putting the lion’s share into canned food, dry goods, or long shelf-life (dehydrated, mylar packed) foods is probably your best bet to safeguard your food supply in the long haul.  Make sure to FIFO (first in, first out) your stock to keep the freshest/most recent purchases in storage.
  1. The Bathroom: Yes, #1 and #2, always there! I highly recommend (if you don’t already compost) at the bare minimum a portable potty of the type that many seniors and those with health issues utilize.  There are 4-gallon bags available in a roll in Wal-Mart for the bucket liner that are about $3.50 and have 75 bags to a roll.  They last about a week.  When all is said and done, you can do a controlled burn of them and save your water supplies/space in your septic tank.
We have covered a short list of what you need for low-tech equipment starters.  But what about what you already have?  How do you protect your gadgets and gizmos from the EMP?  In the reference section at the end of this article, I have cited some works that will give you more EMP information and a site that you can research to find more information on Faraday Cages, which most of you guys and gals have heard about already.  But just in case: What is the Faraday Cage?  It is a device enabling objects stored within its confines to be shielded from EMP and other types of charges.  The scientist Michael Faraday expostulated its theorems back in 1836.
Copper and aluminum are the two best metals (in order) to use for your cage structures; however, steel will work.  The main point is you must have a little background knowledge of what is needed.  Maxwell’s equations relevant to a conductor are relevant here.  The efflux (the waves: radio, gamma, etc) originating with an EMP is a broad-banded grouping.  Regarding Maxwell’s equation:  Any resident excess charge whether fixed or time-varying must reside on the conductor’s effective surface; an excess disturbance would flow around a continuous conductor’s surface from one end to the other.  The interior of such a conductor would not experience this flux.
The equation shows that a solid object that can be closed off (such as an ammo can or a metal trash can with tight fitting lid) without gaps can be effectively employed for a Faraday cage.  This also illustrates how a grounding rod would not be needed if the gaps are closed off correctly (or if you are going to enmesh a whole room/structure and the wavelengths are not smaller than the apertures). As I mentioned previously, I’m not a scientist; however, the information is out there and there is no need to “reinvent the wheel.”
There is a rule that I use for myself.  You will have to gauge your budget and availability of equipment to see if you can apply it for your situation.  Here it is:
Rule:  Any electronic equipment should be bought in pairs/two (2) of each, with one out for use and a second in a Faraday Cage.
This may seem a “no brainer,” however, this insures that if you lose something?  You may only lose one and have a backup for later.  In addition, if there’s time to forsee it coming, you may be able to take that operational piece and stick that in a cage prior to it hitting the fan.  Here are a list of indispensibles and important items, non-exhaustive, for the cages:
Radiological Survey Meter, a.k.a. Geiger counter
Night vision devices
Scopes/red-dot sights/laser sights/electronic optics/range finders
Laptop computer (worth its weight in gold post-event)
Motorolas and hand-held communication devices
Batteries and chargers (solar and/or plug in’s)
Battery-powered IR/movement sensors
Calculators/wristwatches/battery testers…small electronic aids
***ANY medical device to maintain or sustain life (diabetes testers, hearing aids, etc)
Win the game with your backups.  Stick them in cages and forget about them until you need them.  We’re going to cover cages and other protective measures in Part 2.  This will get you started, especially regarding your planning.  Assess your stance and what is in place right now.  What do you and your family require in terms of specialty gear?  Do your research and find out about EMP’s and begin to formulate a plan.  I wholeheartedly welcome any and all discussion on this topic and look forward to reading your comments.  Seriously, we have some real experts out there, and those comments are a gold mine for everyone (yours truly included).
Everyone have a great day and I’ll have Part 2 ready for you soon.
JJ
Jeremiah Johnson is the Nom de plume of a retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces (Airborne). Mr. Johnson was a Special Forces Medic, EMT and ACLS-certified, with comprehensive training in wilderness survival, rescue, and patient-extraction. He is a Certified Master Herbalist and a graduate of the Global College of Natural Medicine of Santa Ana, CA. A graduate of the U.S. Army’s survival course of SERE school (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape), Mr. Johnson also successfully completed the Montana Master Food Preserver Course for home-canning, smoking, and dehydrating foods.
Mr. Johnson dries and tinctures a wide variety of medicinal herbs taken by wild crafting and cultivation, in addition to preserving and canning his own food. An expert in land navigation, survival, mountaineering, and parachuting as trained by the United States Army, Mr. Johnson is an ardent advocate for preparedness, self-sufficiency, and long-term disaster sustainability for families. He and his wife survived Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Cross-trained as a Special Forces Engineer, he is an expert in supply, logistics, transport, and long-term storage of perishable materials, having incorporated many of these techniques plus some unique innovations in his own homestead.
Mr. Johnson brings practical, tested experience firmly rooted in formal education to his writings and to our team. He and his wife live in a cabin in the mountains of Western Montana with their three cats.

This information has been made available by Ready Nutrition
Originally published May 27th, 2015

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Very Important, IMHO.   There is nothing wrong with being Prepared, Friends.  Even the Bible says that it is good to be Prepared.....  but our Main Trust is in the Lord.

Tommy

            

Protect Yourself Against The EMP Threat: The Faraday Cage

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A Faraday Cage (or Faraday Shield) is a sealed enclosure that has an electrically conductive outer layer. It can come in the form of a box, a cylinder, or any other closed shape. The material from which the container is built can have conductive properties or not. This doesn’t really matter that much, since the entire box will be wrapped in a conductive material (such as aluminum foil).
Basically, this is how a Faraday cage works:
  1. The conductive layer reflects incoming fields.
  2. The conductor absorbs incoming energy.
  3. The cage acts to create opposing fields.
All of these principles work together to safeguard the electronics inside from excessive field levels.  Although the Faraday cage works better in case of a high-altitude nuclear explosion (aka EMP attack), it’s not bad to have it at your disposal in case of a solar EMP. The solar EMPs do a lot less damage then a nuclear EMP would do, so for that, we are thankful, but as you just read, the CME left a lot of people without electricity so you can never be too careful.

Building Your Own Faraday Cage

Let’s get right to it. You will have a means of protecting your electronics in no time.
This picture actually represents the building steps of a Faraday cage. It’s really THAT easy to build and it’s tested against EMP pulses
Building Your Own Faraday Cage

How Thick Should The Conducting Layer Be?

The skin effect already determined the thickness of the conductive layer before we ever had a chance to do so. The skin effect describes the tendency of the current to flow primarily on the skin of a conductor. As long as the conducting layer is greater than the depth of the skin, it will provide top notch shielding because the absorption loss will be high. So, wrapping a box in a couple of layers of heavy duty aluminum foil (about 24 microns thick) can be a good idea if you want to protect against high-frequency radiated fields.
You don’t have to worry on what type of conductor you’ll use for your cage. The conductivity of nearly any metal will be good enough to allow the carriers to easily realign to cancel the external fields.
Another question that causes confusion when building the Faraday Cage is whether the cage should be grounded or not? Grounding the cage has little to no effect at all on the field levels present inside the box. Grounding only helps the cage to keep it from becoming charged and perhaps re-radiating. Long story short, an ungrounded cage protects the contents from EMF (electromagnetic fields) as well as a grounded one.

I Have a Lot Of Electronics And I Need A Larger Cage!

Faraday Cage Concept Scaled UpIt’s true that in this day and age we all have a lot of devices and electronics that make our life easier from day to day. Storing them might require an entire room. The engineers who work in electromagnetics often use these kinds of rooms to conduct experiments because they filter out interfering signals.
You can make a shield room right at home by using a closet. You’ll need to cover it up with heavy duty aluminum foil on all four walls, the floor, the ceiling and the inside of the door. Make sure that you place a piece of plywood or cardboard on the floor so that you can walk in it without damaging the aluminum foil.
Overlap and tape the seams using cellophane tape as there can be no conductive penetrations into the room. Cover all electrical outlets, light switches, etc with aluminum foil and DO NOT PLUG anything into the electrical outlets.
You should have by now a decent comprehension on what EMP is and what kind of damage it can do to our country. Because we don’t know much about EMP and EMC (research was conducted in other departments which are more likely to cause disasters like atomic bombs and such) it makes the phenomenon the more dangerous