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10 Barter Items That Will Significantly Increase In Value After A Collapse

Cheap Items For Bartering In A CollapseToday, I want to share my 10 favorite barter items to stockpile before a collapse.

Now, I want to make one thing clear out of the gate. None of the items listed today will be Gold, Silver, or any other form of rare metals.

Everyone already understands the value of rare coins in a collapse.

If you can afford those, I suggest you get your hands on some right away. They help diversify your financial portfolios and provide some much-needed inflation protection.

Instead, today, I want to share the 10 barter items ANYONE can grab off the shelf.

Stuff that will be gone in a flash once everyone realizes a collapse is inevitable and will be in high demand.

Owning lots of these barter items means you’ll have leverage to trade your extra’s for other supplies. That’s called bartering.

The following barter items are things that:

  1. are affordable now, today, before a collapse
  2. will likely go up in value after a collapse
  3. are small enough anyone can store them (even if you rent)
  4.  items that all have reasonable expiration dates or better
  5. are items you can easily barter in small portions

Let’s get started.

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1. Survival Seeds

Get yourself a bunch of heirloom, open-pollinated, non-GMO, and untreated seeds.

You can either buy them already sealed in mylar bags. Or you can buy Mylar bags and do it yourself. Then make sure to keep them stored in a cool, dry, dark location.

I love survival seeds for four reasons:

  1. Don’t take up much space
  2. Have a reasonable shelf life if stored properly and
  3. Don’t cost much (at least in normal times)
  4. If you learn how to seed save – you’ll never run out of seeds ever again

If grocery stores are bare for ANY length of time, seed demand will explode, and prices will follow. Making seeds my all-time favorite barter items to stock up on now.

2. H20 Filters / Purification Tablets / Bleach

If your local water supply becomes suspect or contaminated, you’ll need to treat it.

If EVERYONE who lives around you must treat it as well (or risk getting severely sick) …. well, the math is simple.

Boiling water works to kill bacteria. But boiling ALL your water before consumption will quickly become tedious. And expensive (depending on the fuel used to boil).

So, get some extra water filters and lots of water purification tablets. Heck, grab several gallons of bleach as well since a few drops of it can be used to purify in a pinch.

These barter items are all affordable, have very long shelf lives, and won’t take up much space.

3. Pain Meds

Our society is not very accustomed to dealing with any pain (short-term or chronic). And why would we? We have plenty of magic pills over-the-counter to shut pain signals off.

It’s terrific IF you have them (and don’t abuse them).

But in a collapse, pain meds will be one of the first items to disappear. People will wipe out the stores, and if there’s no more coming anytime soon, what then?

Well, if you thought ahead, you might be able to pull off an excellent trade.

If someone is suffering, they’re going to be willing to trade an awful lot to reduce that pain.

Now, is this ethical? Probably not.

But I’d rather HAVE the extra pills and decide later how best to distribute them, rather than NOT have them at all.

And even if you decide NOT to price gauge, the people you help will be so thankful I’m sure they’ll pay you back. Perhaps in sharing their resources or efforts.

4. Daily Multivitamins

A balanced nutritional diet will be tough to come by in an all-out long-term collapse.

For example, what happens if your body gets carbs (i.e., calories) but no vitamins? Well, you will slowly get weaker and sicker over time.

That’s why having a large stockpile of some multivitamins makes a lot of sense. That way, even if you have to live off only rice and beans for months, a multivitamin will help keep your body healthy.

This one won’t have much value right away. But over time, when folks realize their bodies are breaking down, the importance of vitamins will become clear.

Or perhaps even better, you can learn how to find and process wild lettuce as natural pain relief.

5. Gas Mask Filters

CBRN GAS MASK FILTER NBC-77Two things to note about buying gas mask filters; first, they’re not “extremely” cheap. Gas mask filters do cost some money.

And second, not every collapse scenario will require a gas mask. However, if a collapse does require a gas mask, having extra filters is a lot like stockpiling Gold.

It’s going to become something that there’s NEVER enough. Gas mask filters are consumables. So they run out over time.

And there’s already a minimal supply of them to start because most people have just 2 or 3 at most. But if you happen to have 30 of them, well, you could trade a few away and get a king’s ransom.

Think of it as a higher risk but a much higher reward barter item.

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6. Ammo

Another reasonably priced, small consumable with a super long shelf life is ammunition.

You should already have an excellent supply of ammo for your firearms. But even if you don’t own guns, ammo will be something folks who own guns will need. And eventually, ammo supplies will dwindle.

Because a firearm becomes a paperweight unless you have the proper ammunition for it.

I also like that you can buy a TON of it at a reasonable price. And if you store it properly, with ammo cans, it won’t take up lots of space. Plus, it can last decades, perhaps centuries, when stored properly.

It’s another alternative to rare coins for a total collapse barter item.

7. Ferro Rods / Fire Pistons

Lighters have one massive flaw. They’ll eventually run out of fuel. Then, once they’re empty, those devices are worthless (if you can’t get more fuel).

Matches are even worse. Sure, you may have a large box of them, but day after day, they will get consumed – then what?

Yes, starting a fire with sticks IS possible, but;

  1. It’s more complex than it seems
  2. It’s a major calorie burner.

So it’s not a good option for long-term survival scenarios.

Instead, stock up on extra Ferro rods and fire pistons as wise barter items.

These devices are much easier to use than starting a fire with sticks. And they will last much longer than other fire-starting devices.

Heck, with a fire piston, there is no “fuel” necessary. You use physics (pressure to create heat) using just a tiny wad of tinder.

8. Antibiotics, Hydrogen Peroxide, Neosporin

neosporin tubeBefore the invention of antibiotics, even a small scratch or cut could turn deadly. Historically, infections were hard to beat, especially if they enter your bloodstream.

In a worst-case scenario, emergency rooms and doctors may not be available when you need them most.

Unfortunately, there’s no easy way to load up on a bunch of prescription antibiotics. Doctors and pharmacists control the amount each patient can purchase.

So, the next best thing for stockpiling is to get a variety of fish and bird antibiotics.

Do your own research on which varieties to buy. But I’d rather take animal antibiotics to TRY and fight a deadly infection than to be a helpless soul.

And in a worst-case scenario, your neighbors will likely feel the same way.

But if you’re not comfortable buying animal antibiotics, stock up on hydrogen peroxide instead.

This liquid helps keep a fresh wound clean PREVENTing infection instead of treating the infection.

And an infection can kill, hydrogen peroxide will become a prized possession.

The only problem is it has a somewhat short shelf life. For example, most labels claim about three years. So, you’ll want to create a First In First Out rotation.

But with that said, I repurchased extra hydrogen peroxide in 2013. The bottle states it should have expired in 2016. Yet, if I pour some out into my sink, it still bubbles.

So, it has yet to expire after nine years! That’s why I think it’s something you should add to your prepping stockpile.

Oh, and I feel the same way about Neosporin, but I have no way to easily “test” its remaining effectiveness…

But in a major collapse scenario, I’d rather use “expired” Neosporin than apply nothing.

It can’t hurt to try, and it might save a life – I’m sure most folks would feel the same way if push came to shove.

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9. Soap

Zote Soap Stack Of 4 BarsIn third world countries, lack of cleanliness and hygiene are MAJOR problems. These poor folks don’t have access to soap and clean water to keep up a basic level of hygiene.

Diseases can run rampant when humans are forced to live in filthy conditions for long stretches.

So, if soap becomes limited and you have extra, you’ll be able to trade it with ease. Making it an excellent barter item to stockpile.

Zote soap is one of the best for stockpiling.

10. Skills and Knowledge

You should learn lots of handy skills over time. I’m talking about primary medicine, carpentry, electrical, gardening, sewing, canning, fire-starting, etc.

If you do, you’ll be in good shape in a crisis.

Why? Because you’ll immediately become a valuable member of any survival coalition. Your skillsets make you someone worth keeping around and sharing resources with.

Honestly, I have a few of the resources mentioned above because it’s a wise way to improve my family’s resiliency if the worst were to come true.

But I don’t go all-in on those. Instead, I’ve invested in my survival and preparedness knowledge over the years.

And I think you should too. And the best way I know how to get started on that is to join my 30-day prepper challenge.

Once you’ve completed this challenge, you’ll be more prepared than most of your friends and neighbors.

And until next time: Prepare, Adapt & Overcome,

“Just In Case” Jack

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Authoritarian Madness: The Slippery Slope from Lockdowns to Concentration Camps

This article was originally published by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead at The Rutherford Institute. 

“All the Dachaus must remain standing. The Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwald, the Auschwitzes—all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the Earth into a graveyard. Into it they shoveled all of their reason, their logic, their knowledge, but worst of all, their conscience. And the moment we forget this, the moment we cease to be haunted by its remembrance, then we become the gravediggers.”— Rod Serling, Deaths-Head Revisited

In the politically charged, polarizing tug-of-war that is the debate over COVID-19, we find ourselves buffeted by fear over a viral pandemic that continues to wreak havoc with lives and the economy, threats of vaccine mandates and financial penalties for noncompliance, and discord over how to legislate the public good without sacrificing individual liberty.

The discord is getting more discordant by the day.

Just recently, for instance, the Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board suggested that government officials should mandate mass vaccinations and deploy the National Guard “to ensure that people without proof of vaccination would not be allowed, well, anywhere.”

In other words, lock up the unvaccinated and use the military to determine who gets to be “free.”

These tactics have been used before.

This is why significant numbers of people are worried: because this is the slippery slope that starts with well-meaning intentions for the greater good and ends with tyrannical abuses no one should tolerate.

For a glimpse at what the future might look like if such a policy were to be enforced, look beyond America’s borders.

In Italy, the unvaccinated are banned from restaurants, bars, and public transportation, and could face suspensions from work and monthly fines. Similarly, France will ban the unvaccinated from most public venues.

In Austria, anyone who has not complied with the vaccine mandate could face fines up to $4100. Police will be authorized to carry out routine checks and demand proof of vaccination, with penalties of as much as $685 for failure to do so.

In China, which has adopted a zero-tolerance, “zero COVID” strategy, whole cities—some with populations in the tens of millions—are being forced into home lockdowns for weeks on end, resulting in mass shortages of food and household supplies. Reports have surfaced of residents “trading cigarettes for cabbage, dishwashing liquid for apples, and sanitary pads for a small pile of vegetables. One resident traded a Nintendo Switch console for a packet of instant noodles and two steamed buns.”

For those unfortunate enough to contract COVID-19, China has constructed “quarantine camps” throughout the country: massive complexes boasting thousands of small, metal boxes containing little more than a bed and a toilet. Detainees—including children, pregnant women, and the elderly— were reportedly ordered to leave their homes in the middle of the night, transported to the quarantine camps in buses, and held in isolation.

If this last scenario sounds chillingly familiar, it should.

Eighty years ago, another authoritarian regime established more than 44,000 quarantine camps for those perceived as “enemies of the state”: racially inferior, politically unacceptable, or simply non-compliant.

While the majority of those imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camps, forced labor camps, incarceration sites, and ghettos were Jews, there were also Polish nationals, gypsies, Russians, political dissidents, resistance fighters, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and homosexuals.

Culturally, we have become so fixated on the mass murders of Jewish prisoners by the Nazis that we overlook the fact that the purpose of these concentration camps were initially intended to “incarcerate and intimidate the leaders of political, social, and cultural movements that the Nazis perceived to be a threat to the survival of the regime.”

As the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum explains:

“Most prisoners in the early concentration camps were political prisoners—German Communists, Socialists, Social Democrats—as well as Roma (Gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, and persons accused of ‘asocial’ or socially deviant behavior. Many of these sites were called concentration camps. The term concentration camp refers to a camp in which people are detained or confined, usually under harsh conditions and without regard to legal norms of arrest and imprisonment that are acceptable in a constitutional democracy.”

How do you get from there to here, from Auschwitz concentration camps to COVID quarantine centers?

Connect the dots.

You don’t have to be unvaccinated or a conspiracy theorist or even anti-government to be worried about what lies ahead. You just have to recognize the truth in the warning: power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

This is not about COVID-19. Nor is it about politics, populist movements, or any particular country.

This is about what happens when good, generally decent people—distracted by manufactured crises, polarizing politics, and fighting that divides the populace into warring “us vs. them” camps—fail to take note of the looming danger that threatens to wipe freedom from the map and place us all in chains.

It’s about what happens when any government is empowered to adopt a comply-or-suffer-the-consequences mindset that is enforced through mandates, lockdowns, penalties, detention centers, martial law, and a disregard for the rights of the individual.

The slippery slope begins in just this way, with propaganda campaigns about the public good being more important than individual liberty, and it ends with lockdowns and concentration camps.

The danger signs are everywhere.

Claudio Ronco, a 66-year-old Orthodox Jew and a specialist in 18th-century music, recognizes the signs. Because of his decision to remain unvaccinated, Ronco is trapped inside his house, unable to move about in public without a digital vaccination card. He can no longer board a plane, check into a hotel, eat at a restaurant or get a coffee at a bar. He has been ostracized by friends, shut out of public life, and will soon face monthly fines for insisting on his right to bodily integrity and individual freedom.

This is the slippery slope: a government empowered to restrict movements, limit individual liberty, and isolate “undesirables” to prevent the spread of a disease is a government that has the power to lock down a country, label whole segments of the population a danger to national security, and force those undesirables—a.k.a. extremists, dissidents, troublemakers, etc.—into isolation so they don’t contaminate the rest of the populace.

The world has been down this road before, too.

Others have ignored the warning signs. We cannot afford to do so.

As historian Milton Mayer recounts in his seminal book on Hitler’s rise to power, They Thought They Were Free:

“Most of us did not want to think about fundamental things and never had. There was no need to. Nazism gave us some dreadful, fundamental things to think about—we were decent people‑—and kept us so busy with continuous changes and ‘crises’ and so fascinated, yes, fascinated, by the machinations of the ‘national enemies’, without and within, that we had no time to think about these dreadful things that were growing, little by little, all around us.”

The German people chose to ignore the truth and believe the lie.

They were not oblivious to the horrors taking place around them. As historian Robert Gellately points out, “[A]nyone in Nazi Germany who wanted to find out about the Gestapo, the concentration camps, and the campaigns of discrimination and persecutions need only read the newspapers.”

The warning signs were there, blinking incessantly like large neon signs.

“Still,” Gellately writes, “the vast majority voted in favor of Nazism, and in spite of what they could read in the press and hear by word of mouth about the secret police, the concentration camps, official anti-Semitism, and so on. . . . [T]here is no getting away from the fact that at that moment, ‘the vast majority of the German people backed him.’”

Half a century later, the wife of a prominent German historian, neither of whom were members of the Nazi party, opined: “[O]n the whole, everyone felt well. . . . And there were certainly eighty percent who lived productively and positively throughout the time. . . . We also had good years. We had wonderful years.”

In other words, as long as their creature comforts remained undiminished, as long as their bank accounts remained flush, as long as they weren’t being locked up, locked down, discriminated against, persecuted, starved, beaten, shot, stripped, jailed or killed, life was good.

Life is good in America, too, as long as you’re able to keep cocooning yourself in political fantasies that depict a world in which your party is always right and everyone else is wrong while distracting yourself with bread-and-circus entertainment that bears no resemblance to reality.

Indeed, life in America may be good for the privileged few who aren’t being locked up, locked down, discriminated against, persecuted, starved, beaten, shot, stripped, jailed, or killed, but it’s getting worse by the day for the rest of us.

Which brings me back to the present crisis: COVID-19 is not the Holocaust, and those who advocate vaccine mandates, lockdowns, and quarantine camps are not Hitler, but this still has the makings of a slippery slope.

The means do not justify the ends: we must find other ways of fighting a pandemic without resorting to mandates and lockdowns and concentration camps. To do otherwise is to lay the groundwork for another authoritarian monster to rise up and wreak havoc.

If we do not want to repeat the past, then we must learn from past mistakes.

January 27 marks Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a day for remembering those who died at the hands of Hitler’s henchmen and those who survived the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps.

Yet remembering is not enough. We can do better. We must do better.

As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People and in its fictional counterpart The Erik Blair Diaries, the world is teetering on the edge of authoritarian madness.

All it will take is one solid push for tyranny to prevail.

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Best Window Security Bars For Family & Preparedness

Window Security Bars With Plant On Window SillWindow Security Bars Buyer’s Guide

Today we are going over why you need window security bars and find the best on the market for you. We live in uncertain times.

Back in the day, you could leave your front door unlocked and the keys in your car. Why? Because everyone knew everyone in town.

Those days my friends, are gone, and now we have to protect our own.

Your home is a personal, protective, safe place for you and your loved ones. That’s why it’s vital you keep unwanted people out.

Intruders will do their best to get in if you have anything of value. That’s why one of the best deterrents is window security bars and locks.

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What Exactly Are Window Security Bars

Window bars are protective metal bars for windows. These devices make entry into your home near impossible.

Their sole purpose is to prevent access through a window. They typically include bolting heavy-duty metal bars over your windows. Thus, leaving room for airflow.

There are several types of burger bars for windows, including:

Permanent Bars

You install these window safety bars with the intention of them being permanent.

You will have dedicated security long-term with this type.

Hinged Bars

You can get window bars that will give you the benefit of restricted access through your windows. But still can unlock and swing them open for cleaning the windows.

In an emergency situation, you may need to open them to escape through the window.

Removable Bars

Its function is in the name.

You get unobstructed windows during the day and at night gain the ability to secure your windows.

These are typically found on business storefronts. But also works in your home or homestead.

Metal bars for windows are another layer of security for your home. And they’re a great visual deterrent for those who wish to gain unlawful entry.

burglur's gloved hand through a broken window

Why Do You Need Window Security Bars

Unless you live full-time in an underground bunker, you’ve been paying attention to world events.

Countries are in chaos with food shortages, natural disasters, and protests all around.

Extremist groups are smashing and grabbing everything they can get their hands on without recourse. And it’s not going to get better any time soon.

When people are desperate, they do desperate things, and you don’t want to be a victim of a house break-in.

Security bars have one job; to prevent access through your windows.

While this is their purpose, their function covers many situations.

1. Burglary

If someone is coming to your home to steal, they need to gain entry fast.

Windows are typically a weak point, so it’s essential to upgrade your security set up with window bars.

2. Protect Your Business

If you have a business location that’s not at your property, it is vulnerable to break-ins.

During the day, you and your staff are around. But when everyone leaves, gaining access is pretty easy through windows.

You can remedy this by installing burglar bars on windows and doors. This will keep your business protected overnight.

3. Keep Pets Safe

You may need to keep the windows open in hot weather, which could be an escape path for pets.

You don’t want your cat or dog slipping out when you aren’t around.

Keep them safe and secure with window bars.

4. Children

An open window is a dangerous falling hazard for young kids, and you don’t want to be part of the statistic.

When security bars on open windows, kids can see outside and get fresh air without the risk of falling out.

5. Off-Grid Cabin/Bug Out Location

If you’re a survivalist, you probably have a remote bug-out location. A place where you can head to when a major world crisis occurs.

This is a place that you have stockpiled food supplies, weapons, and your survival gear.

Having it secure means staying alive, so you have to install window security bars.

Then when you get to the cabin, everything is ready for you because nobody can access it.

Great Window Security Bar Safety Features

First off, having window bars is a safety feature in itself, but there are extra deterrents you can use.

You should use unique tamper-resistant screws for exterior window bars. Once you drive them in, no one is getting them out without the right tool.

They can either have a slip side when trying to back them off or a head that requires a special tool to fit in and turn them.

Most intruders will not have this tool, so they will give up quickly when they see this.

Some models have quick release functions if you need to get out through the window.

This is important for a family. Why? Because becoming trapped inside your home during an invasion or fire, could be deadly.

You can have bars that include an interior bar that spins in place so they can’t be sawed off.

This is a clever safety feature because it will deter a burglar even if they have cutting tools.

Spear edges are also popular. Because if someone tries to reach in to open a latch, or attempt to squeeze in around the side, they’ll get snagged and cut up.

Where To Install Window Bars

The real question is, where shouldn’t I?

Every window in your home, business, and cabin is susceptible to break-ins.

If money allows, you should get them all done. If you’re concerned about the cost or don’t want your place to look like a prison, start with the most vulnerable ones first.

Basement Windows

They are easy to reach, and an intruder can lay on the ground to access them without much hassle.

Blocked Windows

Any windows or glass doors behind trees and bushes give a burglar time to break in while camouflaged.

Backyard Windows

Once an intruder is in the backyard, they can move around unnoticed.

These back windows are off the street. And usually, there are more windows and sliding glass doors outback.

Child Assessable Windows

If you have lower windows in your home where kids can get to, guard them.

Tragically, too many children have fallen to their deaths through open windows.

Business Glass

Any business entrance that’s made of glass can be smashed without much hassle.

So install bars OR window security film on all glass windows and doors for overnight security.

Best Window Security Bars On The Market

Now you know what window bars are and why you need them.

And Skilled Survival has done all the leg work for you. That way, you can buy some modern window security bars for your home security.

Let’s check out the best window security bars on the market today.

1. Defender Security Products – S 4780 Operable Window Guard

Defender Security makes a window guard that’s a visual deterrent for would-be burglars.

It’s specifically designed for protection from your kids falling through windows. And it’s mounted inside the home.

With carbon steel tubing and spacing 3 7//8″, this window bar won’t allow anyone in or out.

Tamper-resistant screws hold the steel window guard in place. But it has a 3-step quick release guard removal feature. That way, you can get it off in an emergency when you need to exit the house fast.

They also come in a fixed version where the window guard is permanently installed.

It has a telescoping width adjustment from 31″ to 54″, so you can use it on most windows in your house.

The window security bars from Defender Security will keep your children safe.

2. Knape & Vogt – John Sterling Non-Opening Style 3-Bar Child Safety and Window Guard

John Sterling Non-Opening Style 3-Bar Child Safety and Window GuardHere is an excellent window guard setup from Knape & Vogt.

Their 3-bar unit is adjustable for 24″ to 42″ window widths and is a permanent solution to window entry.

They are 15″ high, so a window that opens 18″ is covered and secure.

The window safety bars are constructed of solid steel with 4 3/4″ spacing between the bars. That way, no one can slip through.

Also, they’ve been tested for 150 lbs. of force when extended to their full width. That’s what you want in a window bar.

It’s finished in a black powder coating, so it looks stylish and is durable too.

It’s a great option to keep your kids safe and a better deterrent for intruders.

3. Grisham – Spear Point 7-Bar Security Bar Window Guard

Spear Point 7-Bar Security Bar Window GuardWhen you want to stop someone from entering your home, Grisham is the answer. They have a 36 in. x 54 in.

Their Spear Point 7-Bar Security Bar Window Guard is strong. You get the best of both worlds with these window bars; strength and looks.

They mount on the exterior of your home, and with the spears, no one is going to try to mess around with them.

And they’re decorative, so you don’t have to worry about ugly bars on your windows.

They are rust-resistant with a long-lasting finish. And require mounting brackets for fixed installation or a quick-release mechanism.

4. Prime-Line Products – S 4767 Fixed Window Guard

S 4767 Fixed Window GuardHaving a window guard that can protect your children from accidental falls. And ALSO secure your windows from intruders is invaluable.

Prime-line Products have you covered with their line of window security bars.

These bars are black carbon steel square tubing for extra strength and can bar egress and entry.

Your children are safe as they can’t remove these bars and can’t fit through with only 3 7/8″ spacing.

For installation, there are tamper-proof screws. And you have the option of adjusting the telescopic width from 32 1/2″ to 54″.

This window bar is only for interior use and is fixed in place.

You cannot open these for cleaning or an emergency exit, so they are for standard room windows in your house.

Prime-line does have hinged versions for use in bedrooms.

5. Knape & Vogt – John Sterling Swing-Open Style 6-Bar Child Safety and Window Guard

We have another Knape & Vogt window guard with a swing-open style. These work great for emergency exiting and window cleaning.

These are easy to install and are a rigid deterrent for those wanting in. And children trying to get out with their pin lock and options to add a padlock for extra security.

Installation width measures from 24″ to 42″ with a max height of 25″.

They are solid steel and have a 6-bar arrangement, so nothing is slipping through these bars.

It’s also finished with a white powder coating.

These modern window security bars will look great while securing your windows.

Final Thoughts

Home security is a must-have these days. Because as a responsible, resilient adult, you must protect what’s yours and keep those inside – safe from harm.

Skilled Survival has your safety and security in mind. Our list of window security bars and locks will help fortify your homestead and bug-out cabin.

Until next time – Prepare, Adapt, and Overcome;

“Just In Case” Jack

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Government Data Shows The “Unvaccinated” Are Less Likely To Get COVID

The Public Health Scotland has released data from the past four weeks and it shows that the un”vaccinated” are less likely to get COVID than those who have been injected with two or three doses of the mRNA sludge. The ruling class has been straight-up lying about this being a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” as well, considering those who took the shots are more likely to be hospitalized or die than people who are unvaccinated.

The data showed a rate of infection of 866 per 100,000 people for the double vaccinated and 481 per 100,000 for the boosted, or triple vaccinated. The unvaccinated had a rate of infection of 413 per 100,000. The death rate from COVID is drastically different too. The death rate of those who have had two shots is about 12 per 100,000 which is more than 50% higher than the rate for the unvaccinated.

Mainstream media is finally leaking information here and there telling people the truth about these shots and the CDC has admitted they don’t stop transmission.

CDC Director: “What Vaccines Can’t Do Anymore Is Prevent Transmission”

Earlier this month, the European Union’s top health agency warned that getting boosted every four months could harm the immune system’s ability to fight off the disease. The European Medicines Agency advised countries instead to mirror the seasonal influenza vaccination strategy tied to the onset of the cold season. -WND

Public Health Scotland isn’t the only ruling class that has released data on these shots. The United Kingdom released damning information showing that these mRNA shots are destroying the human immune system to the point of complete degradation, or AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).

Data from Canada has now surfaced as well showing just how much of a lie the “pandemic of the unvaccinated” has become. Recent figures from the province of Alberta show infections, hospitalizations, and deaths from COVID all soar in the days and weeks after people receive their first vaccine dose reports former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson.

Data from the U.K. from Aug. 16 to Dec. 5, 2021, showed people who had been vaccinated accounted for four of every five COVID-19 deaths, the Gateway Pundit reported. Further, a U.K. “technical briefing on SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern” found that as of Dec. 29, the fully vaccinated make up 74% of hospitalizations due to infection from the omicron variant that now dominates Western nations. -WND

A lot of data is coming out right now and the mainstream media is only trickle reporting on it. We have had the “vaccines” for over a year now. If they worked like the ruling class said, wouldn’t deaths and infections be lower in those who have taken them?

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Survival Medicine Podcast: Cold Water Safety, Gloves, Wound Infections, Nursing [PODCAST]

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Well, we survived our first cold wave of the year down here in South Florida, where the temperatures dived all the way down into the high fifties. We’ve heard rumors that some places get even colder in winter, so, even though they’re probably just rumors, the Altons talked last time about general hypothermia. This time, they’ll talk about cold water safety in survival settings. Plus, Dr. Bones (Joe Alton MD) discusses things you should know about medical gloves, all about wound infections, and more.

Nurse practitioner Amy Alton discusses nursing care in a comprehensive way in part two of her series, as much information as you’ll find anywhere on the subject.. All this and more on the lastest Survival Medicine Podcast with Joe and Amy Alton!

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COVID Cultists Call To Boycott Starbucks After It Removed A Vax Mandate For Employees

Those subscribing to the mass psychosis, often called Branch Coividian cultists, are calling for a boycott of Starbucks.  The company had the audacity to allow its employees the choice of what goes into their bodies.

Freedom and choice are simply not allowed if the ruling class and those who love enslavement of themselves and others get their way.

Both customers and Starbucks baristas say they refuse to support a place, no matter how iconic, which does not require employee vaccinations. “Who wants unvaccinated people handling your food and drinks?” wrote one Twitter user, while others bitterly joked with the idea of “Starbucks now serving Covid-19 with that delicious hot coffee.”

Fauci Now Using CULT Language To Describe His “Believers”

What’s hilarious here, is that we have been told by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s own head medial tyrant that the vaccines don’t stop transmission. So those who are still members of this cult want the shots, which the masters have said literally do nothing, to take shots so they can inoculate everyone into their cult. At this point, there’s literally no other reason to line up for these shots.

CDC Director: “What Vaccines Can’t Do Anymore Is Prevent Transmission”

And the Covidians shouldn’t be that upset. Starbucks still encourages its employees to get the shots. “We respect the Court’s ruling and will comply,” John Culver, head of Starbucks in North America, said in a note to employees on Tuesday. Culver noted, however, that Starbucks workers are still encouraged to get vaccinated. He added that the “vast majority” of Starbucks’ roughly 200,000 US employees have been fully vaccinated already, but did not give specific numbers. Starbucks also continues to offer two hours of paid leave for employees getting vaccinated.

None of this is good enough if you’re a cult member, however. Nothing short of forcing people who disagree with you to bend to your will is going to shut these people up. They are perfect mouthpieces for the totalitarian ruling class that issues edicts like they own everyone.

Stay strong, and keep saying no.  The narrative is crumbling.

Ex-NYT Journalist: COVID Tyranny Will Be Remembered As A “Catastrophic Moral Crime”

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Trucker Vaccine Mandate Continues To Worsen Canada’s Vegetable Supply

The chances that this “vaccine” mandate for truckers make things worse at the grocery store for people are incredibly high.  Canadian government-run media is now even reporting that this mandate is harming Canada’s vegetable supply.

Of course, it’s being blamed on those horrible truckers who continue to refuse to comply with the authoritarian police state being rolled out all across the globe. In an article by Quartz, the author literally blames the unvaccinated for having the audacity to want to choose what goes into their bodies.

Extreme weather and supply-chain snarls are among the reasons for shortages in grocery stores. Here’s another: Unvaccinated truck drivers. –Quartz

It’s the fault of the un”vaccinated” truck drivers because they won’t roll over and comply with further enslavement.  In Canada, where as much as 90% of the country’s fruits and vegetables come from the US during the winter, a vaccine mandate for truckers is slowing down food shipments. Drivers who aren’t fully vaccinated against covid-19 have to quarantine for two weeks after entering Canada. Just about half of US truckers are vaccinated, according to industry estimates. And the rest don’t appear to have any inclination to start rolling up their sleeves in obedient compliance to the police or their handlers in the ruling class.

Vaccination rates among Canadian truckers are roughly in line with the national average, which is in the 83% to 87% range, according to the Canadian Trucker Alliance. –Quartz

The United States is still expected to make its own mandate, however, for drivers coming in from Canada later this month. A COVID-19 vaccination requirement that will bar unvaccinated drivers of freight trucks coming from Canada to deliver goods across the American border this month may exacerbate supply chain issues for auto parts, experts said according to NBC News.

An estimated 12,000 drivers could be prohibited from entering the United States under the mandate that may take effect Saturday, according to the Canadian Trucking Alliance. This could put a big dent in our already destroyed supply chain as well.

The U.S. mandate, announced in October, requires all essential foreign travelers, including truck drivers, who cross U.S. land borders to be fully vaccinated. Essential nonresident travelers had been able to enter the U.S. during the pandemic regardless of their vaccination status, in part so as not to disrupt trade and to give them more time to get vaccinated. –NBC News

It sure looks like the supply chain is going to continue to take a beating from the ruling class. Until we all stand up, in mass noncompliance, and know that no one owns us; the police, the military, the government, or anyone else, we are doomed to live a life of oppression under a totalitarian dictatorship.

Resisting Tyranny Depends on the Courage to Not Conform

 

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New Data From Life Insurance Companies Confirm That Americans Are Dying In Unusually Large Numbers

Death is in the air.  Unless you have been living in a cave for the past 12 months, you already know that this is true.  Old people are dying, young people are dying, famous people are dying, and countless hard working Americans that make up the backbone of our economy are dying.  For months, I have been writing articles about “the mystery of the missing workers”.  For the very first time in U.S. history, we have a severe shortage of able-bodied workers, and this is one of the biggest reasons why we are facing an unprecedented supply chain crisis today.  Millions of Americans that were working prior to the pandemic seem to have “disappeared” from the system, and now it has become clear that a lot of them have simply died.

Before I discuss the new life insurance numbers that have been revealed, I want to do a quick review.

Earlier this month, I wrote an article about a large life insurance company in Indiana that announced that the death rate for working age people covered by their policies was up 40 percent from pre-pandemic levels

The head of Indianapolis-based insurance company OneAmerica said the death rate is up a stunning 40% from pre-pandemic levels among working-age people.

“We are seeing, right now, the highest death rates we have seen in the history of this business – not just at OneAmerica,” the company’s CEO Scott Davison said during an online news conference this week. “The data is consistent across every player in that business.”

A 40 percent increase in the death rate is really bad news for a life insurance company, because they make money when people don’t die.

In fact, Davison said that a 40 percent increase in a single year “is just unheard of”

“Just to give you an idea of how bad that is, a three-sigma or a one-in-200-year catastrophe would be 10% increase over pre-pandemic,” he said. “So 40% is just unheard of.”

Davison’s remarks sent shockwaves all over the Internet, because they were one of the first hard pieces of evidence confirming the fact that Americans are dying in unusually large numbers.

But of course it was going to be extremely important for other life insurance companies to confirm that such a dramatic shift was indeed taking place, and now that is starting to happen.

According to Reuters, the amount of money paid out by global life insurance companies absolutely skyrocketed during the first three quarters of 2021…

The global life insurance industry was hit with reported claims due to COVID-19 of $5.5 billion in the first nine months of 2021 versus $3.5 billion for the whole of 2020, according to insurance broker Howden in a report on Jan 4, while the industry had expected lower payouts due to the rollout of vaccines.

“We definitely paid out more than I had anticipated at the beginning of last year,” said Hannover Re board member Klaus Miller.

Let’s assume that claims in the fourth quarter of 2021 came in at the same pace as the first three quarters of 2021.

That would add another 1.83 billion dollars, and it would give us a grand total of 7.33 billion dollars for the year.

Wow.

So basically the amount of money that global life insurance companies will pay out for 2021 will be approximately double what they paid out for 2020.

Needless to say, that suggests that the death rate for those covered by such policies roughly doubled.

In that same article, it was reported that one life insurance company actually had its claims in the Americas more than triple during the third quarter…

Dutch insurer Aegon, which does two-thirds of its business in the United States, said its claims in the Americas in the third quarter were $111 million, up from $31 million a year earlier.

This isn’t normal.

But you already knew that.

Reuters is telling us that claims for MetLife and Prudential also “rose”, but we were not given specific numbers for those two insurance giants…

U.S. insurers MetLife (MET.N) and Prudential Financial (PRU.N) also said life insurance claims rose. South Africa’s Old Mutual (OMUJ.J) used up more of its pandemic provisions to pay claims and reinsurer Munich Re raised its 2021 estimate of COVID-19 life and health claims to 600 million euros from 400 million.

So now we have solid confirmation.

A lot of people really are dying.

Interestingly, an entirely separate investigation by The Epoch Times has also shown that deaths were unusually high in 2021.  They analyzed death certificate data from the CDC, and they came to the conclusion that the number of deaths among Americans aged 18 to 49 “increased more than 40 percent in the 12 months ending October 2021 compared to the same period in 2018–2019″…

Health departments in several states confirmed to The Epoch Times that they are looking into a steep surge in the mortality rate for people aged 18 to 49 in 2021 — a majority of which are not linked to COVID-19.

Deaths among people aged 18 to 49 increased more than 40 percent in the 12 months ending October 2021 compared to the same period in 2018–2019, before the pandemic, according to an analysis by The Epoch Times of death certificate data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

This is bombshell information.

Americans are dying in enormous numbers, and that trend is almost certainly going to continue throughout the coming year.

Most of you that are reading this article know people that have died over the last 12 months.  Every time that I hear that someone that I was personally familiar with has passed away, it deeply grieves me.  What we are witnessing is such a great tragedy, and a lot more death is on the horizon.

Every moment that we are given is a precious gift, and so let us endeavor to make the most out of every single day.

Many people assume that they will live to a ripe old age, but that isn’t always true.

Death unexpectedly came for countless Americans in 2021, and countless more will also die in 2022.

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