I had a reader email me and ask for my advice on Joining a Crossfit gym. He had some worries about it though. I shot him an email back with some quick advice. I told him I would write an article to elaborate on it. I’m sure from all my talking many of you are considering joining a box as well. Box is crossfit slang for the gym. If you are considering it then you have probably looked around. I googled and watched Youtube Videos on it. I came across the fictional character Pukie The Clown. Puking is no stranger to crossfit. Hell I have puked a few times. Maybe three. It happens and you move on. So let’s get into some of my thoughts on drinking the Crossfit kool aid.
I love books. I might have lost more books than some have ever read. I might have an obsession. At least it’s a healthy one. A Good part of my collection is devoted to books for survival. I still own the first book I ever bought on the subject. Mostly a reprint of the same stuff. I have a few other books that I include in my prepper only book shelf. Things along the lines of gardening and home construction. I include my prepper fiction there as well. Everything from Patriots to Day By Day Armageddon. Today I will only talk about specific titles briefly. The focus of today’s post is about the the kinds of books to get and how to get them.
Today I have the great pleasure of welcoming Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy on the podcast. With all the craziness going on with Ebola now I knew I needed an expert on to cover it. I got two of them. The amount of knowledge they have on the virus is staggering. Dr. Bones condenses years of study on the subject to a explain in average person terms. I have a few misconceptions about Ebola myself. I got all my questions answered and more.
Ebola
There are a ton of wrong ideas going around about the Ebola virus now. There is a lot of fear going around. Many are encouraging the fear and going to the bank with it. We here at Survivalpunk don’t do that. Dr. Bones gives you a rational info on the Ebola virus. You will learn where it came from. You will learn treatment methods. If there is an outbreak it won’t be as bad here. Learn what you should prepare to treat Ebola. Learn how to make a quarantine room to treat patients in.
Survival Medicine Handbook
Topics
Ebola Virus.
Items used for treatment.
Making a treatment room.
Should we be worried about infected being brought the Atlanta.
Don’t forget to comment on the show. We want to know what you are thinking. Are you spooked by all the ebola news? Worried about the cdc bringing patients here? Did you learn anything?
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It is with great pleasure I welcome Camping Survival to the elite group of sponsors on Survivalpunk. I have turned down many companies in the past. When I was contacted by Camping Survival I knew I wanted them on board. Camping Survival is really a prepper mega store. They have everything you could possibly want. They also have some pretty great pricing. I was clicking around to see what they have and for what price. For example they have Fish Mox – Amoxicillin 250mg (100 Count) for $16.41 with free shipping. Fist antibiotics are something I need to add to my preps. This is a cheaper an easier option than the importation of antibiotics from India. Yeah you can do that. It cost about 5 times as much though.
Camping Survival
Camping Survival
My first experience with Camping survival was a great one. I won a t shirt. How awesome is that. Years ago before I started Survivalpunk I was a Camping Survival Facebook Fan. They were doing a photo caption contest and me being so witty I easily won. I wish I could find that winning comment. I feel like it was about old planet of the Apes. Who knows. I just know I like wining shirts.
Camping Survival Life Straw
On top of great products and prices they have a very active YouTube channel. They have some great reviews. Having a giant warehouse of gear to test would be awesome. The owner Tom must wake up loving his job. On top of just reviewing his products there are some videos on wild edibles. Which are not for sale. Some philosophy on radiation pills. What they are and when and why to take them. Even though we are facing some tough times they stay positive and fun. No fear mongering there. So go check them out and tell em Survivalpunk sent ya!
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Today’s post is going to be a weird one. Interesting for sure though. I felt I had to write it though. I was bombarded with the idea constantly over the past few days. It seems caste systems were being brought up on everything. I was listening to a podcast on history that mentioned them several times. I then watched the movie Divergent. It was not terrible. I pretty much watch anything set in a dystopian future. In that movie society was strictly divided into a caste system. I got me thinking about how historically mankind has always implemented them. Still in parts of the world caste systems are still enforced. Are we here in America and other first world countries truly free? Are we not able to be anything we want? What about during any kind of disaster? A full on collapse? During a long term collapse would we fall back into our old patterns? So many questions posed today. This will not be a lecture by me but an open conversation with you. Please comment today and share your thoughts. Today is a mental exercise for us all. So let’s get into it.
The Peasant’s Revolt of 1380
Historically
So I started listening to Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History. It’s a podcast on interesting parts of history. It might be the best podcast I’ve ever listened to. Which seems odd to say about a history podcast. I have always liked history though. Dean is also a master of his craft. So I started with a podcast during the Lutheran Reformation period. It told the story about a town that was taken over by a lunatic religious cult. Many times the caste system was talked about. The peasants that were treated worse than animals are today. How the aristocracy calculated how much to abuse them without causing a peasants uprising. There was a level at which they would take the crap being dealt out to them. Like people being wholesale burned on the steak for questioning things. Did you know there was a permitted amount of torture? Legally they could rip out your tendons and tear off your flesh for an hour. The peasants thought the 1 hour limit was fair.
The system was still enforced even when it made no sense. If a blue blood was desolate and a cloth merchant made a fortune the merchant was still of a lower class. A farmer born and a farmer till death. No little Timmy you can not be anything you want. Most didn’t question it though. There is a precarious balance of not having things too bad to keep being a cog in the wheel.
Caste System
Now
Finally though we evolved past that and became enlightened. Right? No longer are we chained into the caste system. I’m not really so sure. I don’t want to go down conspiracy lane here. Not far at least. We obviously do not have a strict caste system any more. There is quite a bit of freedom. We have a good deal of wiggle room. For many where you are born is where you will stay. If you look to the big corporations and government you almost have to be born into them. How many Bush’s are in government? Are the elite bankers and corporations not unlike the aristocracy? They dictate the laws that only apply to others. While I’m all about a free market and making money. Make all the money you can and need. It’s the shady back door political dealing that affect me I have issue with.
With the public school system making people drones only outliers really rise to the top. Of some of them I think there might be help from the elite. Not to get into conspiracy but there are very influential very rich folks. The others that make it big though I contribute to the internet. The internet has changed mankind. It might be the one thing to break the caste system.
Caste System
The Future
In a collapse what would happen. I think a caste system would emerge in a long term collapse. Either organically or by force. Farmers would begin farming. Merchants would begin selling. Soldiers would fight and unfortunately bureaucrats would show up. If organic it might be beneficial. As an extension of the free market. The need for things to be made, grown, protected etc will cause the formations. The need for clothing will make a clothing merchant wealthy and they will want their children to continue. Farmers will need children to help and pass on to. Mankind will do what is necessary to survive. We always have and always will.
If not Organic it could be an ugly time. It forced upon us by a tyrannical government. Sold to us by the greater need. Sold to a divided world rithe with class warfare. Sold to us when people are starving. Sold to us for our protection. How many would beg for it. How many would demand that we need farmers? We would slip back into the same thinking of those peasants. It’s not that bad at least. We have food at least. We have a purpose in life. We only get tortured an hour.
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