Really. I say it all the time, and I mean it.
ZeroHedge was kind enough to repost some links on where any real patriot can still download the 3D printer schematics serendipitously given to to world for free by Cody Wilson. It still amazes me that the powers that be are still under the delusion that a cease and desist letter has the power to move faster than the internet, or that anything posted for more than a few minutes of any interest isn't instantly copied and cloned across the net with the ability to respawn when removed.
....nice touch they added a link to the printers, in your choice of colors!!!
Truly, you ARE allowed to manufacture arms for personal use in every state. You ARE allowed to use tools to craft them. Stuff like this just scares the piss out of power hungry fascist bullies and dictators, and it should. When you let the internet out of its box, you lost control.... and you can't get it back short of dropping the grid. Clean the poop out of your pants, it's embarrassing.
I had no concept of the deep net until I ran across bitcoins at work on nightshift one night maybe two and a half years ago and ran into the people that know and use them. Then, mistakenly I thought the deep net was a collection of Tor/ .onion sites.........then recently I watched Revolution OS http://www.revolution-os.com/ on Netflix, and it mentioned that the entire deep net is larger than the clear net most people only know of...???
This is really crazy. I feel like I have been floating in an ignorant cloud my entire internet life, (circa 1996) and that there is a whole other world out there that I could only seem to find on those lonely nights when you are really focused and awake and punch through into another rabbit hole, but......the deep net was really there all along. Why, if it is truly bigger, does 99% of America not know about deep net sites? Would people as a whole be better off to have options, to have hidden in plain sight security, to have more privacy from the data mining of the clear net? Or do most people not even want privacy and choice anymore? And if I can find these things, why have not enough other people found them to make them mainstream?
If I wasn't paranoid enough before, I truly am now. It isn't that I have stumbled on something secret, I just feel have just stumbled further than society intended me to. I feel enlightened and behind the curve at the same time.
I've been reading other foraging blogs, and I recall one in Washington State I was particularly jealous of while reading about the wild asparagus to be had. It turns out I have it here too in Southern California! There has been this annoying vine that sprouts up every year and covers my equally annoying and spiky bushes that came with the house. I was watering about a week ago, and thought "No way!!!" There were asparagus-like shoots popping up out of the ground, morphing into those annoying vines. I felt amazed and incredibly stupid at the same time. Here is a picture of a shoot. They grow bit more spindly and wacky than farmed asparagus.
It turns into this vine. It is less ferny than the intentionally planted ones I have and more spikey.
Don't eat the berries I would assume.
What's in your cabinet? I reluctantly admit, I have been addicted to the show "Extreme Couponing" as of late--well, the reruns on Netflix anyway, and while I am MAD JEALOUS of their supply hoards........The foods just aren't what I would usually buy and eat. I suppose an emergency supply of anything is better than nothing, but assuming the emergency comes after the shelf life of the stored items, I would be stuck eating, donating, or throwing away BPA lined cans of tuna, boxes upon boxes of GMO filled cereal,
and, as every single one of the couponers stockpiled, cases of sugar laden "Vitamin water".
The sheer amount of the hoard they have still peers into the depths of my hoarding soul though. I suppose I shouldn't hate. I've made my choices and I should respect theirs without jealousy like a good anarchist.
I also am likely limited on the discounts I could get on the detergent and other non-food items the couponers had due to the fact grocery stores near me sadly do not double coupons.
Is limiting the food in my cabinet and stockpile to GMO
free, BPA free, and organic where possible (but avoiding ingredients
known to likely be GMOs) Snooty?? Am I over thinking it? Is it risking my life by having a smaller stockpile due to cost restrictions? Or is quality over quantity a huge factor?
Anyone out there in the blogosphere prepping with organic food and BPA free cans (or glass jars) in mind? I would love to know!
Anyone an extreme couponer? Is it worth the time and effort to do it only for the tax benefits of donating the items to charity?
Please comment!!
It is nearly Halloween, and the best gardening news I have right now is that, yes, there is an appropriate vegetable to be growing this time of year here. It is a round zucchini varietal, and I am chuffed to see a few that are well on their way!
I have 4 plants in one of those self watering planters from gardener's supply. The roots aren't so big on squash and these plants really love their water. They look like they are doing awesome in this setup. They were planted in the last few days of September. I will definitely add this variety into my seasonal rotation. They are absolutely thriving in my backyard.
I would like to add, I normally have the worst time with powdery mildew on any type of squash, and the problems have been minimal with this "(Cucurbita pepo) (aka Eight Ball, Round Nice)" variety.
I tried to email someone (admittedly over a month ago--- extremely late post, Sorry!) and this "Spam Arrest" program that they actually paid for popped up. It asked me to agree to their terms of service and give identifying information before being able to send a simple email to the person in question. Naturally I needed more information prior to agreeing to such terms. This is what I found.
Sounds link a pretty open ended, catch all, save your ass for whatever information you send to other entities clause to me.
So......some people are actually paying for a service that has and uses the ability to scan, filter, and read each and every email that attempts to enter their inbox? Do people not even care about their 4th amendment rights anymore? I do. No thank you. A BIG no fucking thank you to your email pre-paid pre-screening. I honestly could not in good conscience write a letter with such forewarned surveillance to the person in question. I found another way to contact this person. Spam arrest? You should be ashamed of yourself. That's before you get burned at the stake for your crimes against patriots, fellow humans and good citizens.
I recently received this cookbook in the mail. It is truly awesome for a few reasons if you ever plan to live out of your garden.
1) The recipes uses only one or 2 of anything:
I don't know about you, but since my yard is pretty tiny, I don't have 3 pounds of any one thing lying around. If a recipe calls for 2 carrots, 2 beets, and 2 rutabagas, that is more in line with what is ready to be picked at my place at any one time.
2) The recipes are more method than masterpiece:
Improvising. Improvising is exactly what you need to do when trying to eat what you grow. You might have an awesome recipe you just love, but unless you can adapt it to what you actually have on hand in a tasty way, it does you no good. The book talks about substitutions, and offers similar recipes using different veggies you might have on hand.
3) There are a lot of vegetarian recipes that are NOT COVERED IN CHEESE.
This might not mean a lot to you, but it does to me. I LOVE the fact that there is a maple-balsamic vinegar root vegetable recipe, a coconut-jalapeno butternut squash recipe, and 100 more recipes that are flavorful and reasonable enough in calories and nutrition to use on a daily basis. The number of vegetarian recipes that are put out there that are 1000+ calories per serving are as offensive as they are uncreative and unoriginal. Anyone can take a piece of zucchini, slather it in cheese and spices, and make it taste good. To take vegetables and flavor them in a way that is different and interesting without taking the easy way out and covering them with fat, salt, and cheese shows a great amount of creative effort. I would like to give a big finger wag of shame to those of you (and you know who you are) who throw a cheese covered veggie casserole or lasagna into you cookbook or on to your website and think that is good enough to widen your audience.
The number of unhealthy pizza-tarians out there is offensive and insulting, not to mention confusing to the omnivore population when they are trying to make a suitable menu item for the "other people" tagging along in a group at a restaurant. And no, I am not claiming to be a vegetarian again. My previous dietary post is still accurate. However, subbing mass quantities of cheese in lieu of meat is unacceptable and unhealthy. If you don't want to eat animals that is fine. If you think food is unpalatable unless it is covered with butter and cheese, you shouldn't call yourself a vegetarian, because you don't actually like vegetables. You like cheese and butter. Pick a new title.
Enough with that rant.
4) There are TONS of recipes. This isn't one of those cookbooks with a dozen or so recipes with stories, pictures, and anecdotes filling the rest of the pages. There are so many recipes, it is almost guaranteed that there will be more than a few you will want to immediately try.
I recommend this book to ANYONE AND EVERYONE who gardens, forages, eats seasonally or would just like to start paying less taxes into the machine by becoming more self sufficient or buying less processed foods.
