How many aluminum foil survival uses do you know? Keep reading to find out the various uses of this unsung hero for emergency preparedness!

Aluminum Foil Survival Uses and Hacks for Preppers

 

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In a crisis, you make the most out of everything you have, which means you might need to get a little creative. Things like paracord and duct tape have fairly obvious uses, but other items may require a little more critical thinking. Let’s take a look at one of the most common items you have in your kitchen — aluminum foil.

Aluminum foil can be used for so much more than preparing and serving food, it can be an indispensable survival tool that should always be included in your survival kit. You see, it’s more than just a food wrapper. There’s actually plenty of survival uses for aluminum foil that will come in handy when you need it most.

1. Boiling Water

In any survival situation, it is important to stay hydrated. However, water acquired from any “untrusted” source needs to be made safe for consumption. Aluminum foil can be a substitute for pots and pans by creating a makeshift bowl. Bring your water to a rolling boil for a minimum of one minute. This will make your water safe to drink.

2. Signal for Help

Since aluminum foil is reflective, it is great for signaling purposes. Place along with branches or any other areas where it will be clearly visible from the air or a road close by. You can also use aluminum foil to make a makeshift mirror, which is great for signaling for help, as well.

3. Make Fishing Lures

Fish love shiny lures. If you do not have bait, wrap aluminum foil around the weights as it will act as an effective flasher attracting fish that are more reluctant to bite. When the fishing gets a little bit tough, all you need is a square tin foil to improve the catch.

4. Water Bottle Repair

Pine sap and aluminum foil will act as a temporary patching solution for cracks in water bottles or small piercings in hydration packs. It will not hold up to a lot of water pressure, but it will help with drips and small seeps temporarily.

5. Sharpen Dull Scissors

I keep a multi-tool on me at all times. The scissors are my most used tool, so they can be dull from time to time. To sharpen scissors using aluminum foil, fold the foil over two or three times and cut the foil with your scissors. This will help sharpen the scissor blades.

6. Fix Loose Batteries

If batteries become loose, the most common reason is the springs inside the battery compartment have lost some of their tension over time. Loose batteries can cause glitching. To remedy this problem with aluminum foil, fold a small piece just big enough to fill in the gap, and you’re good to go.

7. Keep Your Matches Dry

Wrapping your matches with aluminum foil will keep them dry as long as you don’t go underwater! Waterproof matches and lighters are available in the market, but you don’t have these readily available most of the time. Aluminum foil is a great alternative since you can simply tear a piece of it from your kitchen drawer.

8. Scrub Dirty Pots and Pans

Do you have dirty pots and pans but forgot to pack the scrub pads? Not to worry. Crumble up a piece of aluminum foil and scrub your dirty pots and pans and rinse.

Remember, it is important to keep the smell of food away from your shelter area or a campsite. Having clean pots and pans will help prevent predators (such as bears) from snooping around at night.

9. Create a Quick Windbreak Around Your Campfire

Building a wall out of aluminum foil around your campfire will help protect it from the wind. This will also help reflect heat to help you stay warm at night. Campsites in the uplands can be very cold at night so the more warmth you can generate, the better.

Bonus: If you’re cold at night wrap up in heavy duty aluminum foil, it can act as a space blanket and help insulate you.

Space Blanket Definition: Also known as an emergency or thermal blanket, it is a thin plastic sheet that reflects heat, helping the user stay warm.

10. Collect Rainwater

Remember the makeshift bowl you made to boil water? Make about 3 or 4 times that size (or just make several of them) to collect rainwater. A tarp is also good for collecting rainwater, but it’s quite heavy to bring when camping. Aluminum foil is a more useful material for light travel.

11. Remove Rust

Crumple up a piece of aluminum foil like you would a piece of paper. Use the crumpled foil to remove rust from metal objects. It’s not going to be a magical thing wherein the rust comes off with a little rubbing. You have to be a little bit patient to make it work.

 

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It’s amazing how such a simple thing can be so useful for wilderness survival. My whole life, I couldn’t even remember anyone asking me for an aluminum foil if not to wrap food, now it’s one of your many significant survival tools for any outdoor emergency. Kudos to the brilliant minds who gave birth to these ideas. It may be an unusual prepper gear, but it can also be utilized as mylar blankets or an emergency blanket, an alcohol stove, and a whole lot more. Nevertheless, creativity is the key to survival and learning any new skill will always be a plus for preppers!

Which of these aluminum foil survival uses have you tried? Share your experience with us in the comments section below!

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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on March 27, 2018, and has been updated for quality and relevancy.

Whether you’re a prepper or not, learn these urban survival skills now and increase your odds of survival, today or in the future!

In this article:

1. Open a Can Barehanded
2. Cook the Old-Fashioned Way
3. Survive a Fight
4. Tampon Hacks for Urban Survival
5. Unexpected Urban Survival Tricks
6. Pointers from the Modern Age
7. Grow Your Own Food for Survival
8. Use a Tin Can in Every Possible Way
9. Make Tea for Vitamin C
10. Escape a Shooting for Urban Survival
11. Get Rid of a Tail for Survival
12. Make a Long-Lasting Flashlight
13. Fix Your Bugout Bag for Urban Survival
14. Prepare Survival Food
15. Make Water Safe to Drink for Survival
16. Light Up the Darkness with a Can of Tuna
17. Turn a Battery into a Firestarter
18. Defend Your Home from Invaders
19. Resurrect Dead Batteries
20. Repurpose Soda Cans
21. Survive Anywhere in the World
22. Get Out of a Dangerous Situation
23. Exit a Car Before It Sinks
24. Escape Zip Ties
25. Practical Intelligence
26. Live Through Winter
27. Make Waterproof Firestarters
28. Be Street-Smart
29. Hide in Plain Sight
30. Answering a Door Safely
31. Stay Fit for Urban Survival
32. Be Like Harry Houdini
33. Know What to Expect
34. Keep Your Cool on the Road
35. Deal with Urban Terror
36. Hunker Down in Your Car
37. Save Yourself from an Active Shooter

Must-Have Urban Survival Skills Now Before It’s Too Late

1. Open a Can Barehanded

While can openers are accessible in multi-tools, you might still find yourself without one. So, to learn this can-opening trick using only your hands is one of the badass urban survival skills, indeed.

2. Cook the Old-Fashioned Way

 

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Know how to cook on an open fire, grill on top of a rock, and learn old cooking skills and recipes because the conveniences of today’s cooking might soon disappear.

3. Survive a Fight

With all the violence going on, you need to be ready for any attack. On that note, acquire urban survival skills which will help you survive a fight, or better yet, win.

4. Tampon Hacks for Urban Survival

Find out how to repurpose a sanitary item in ways you never imagined. In fact, this compact item can come in handy even in survival situations.

5. Unexpected Urban Survival Tricks

Besides tampon hacks, a woman’s purse contains items handy in an urban survival setting. Find out what they are here and how to use them for urban survival.

6. Pointers from the Modern Age

There are more lessons you can learn from today than ever before. Take time to know them so you can use them to your advantage.

7. Grow Your Own Food for Survival

If you aren’t into gardening, better start now because you can’t depend on the market once the economy collapses. Growing your own food will give you the reassurance you’ll survive one.

8. Use a Tin Can in Every Possible Way

Tin cans, soda cans, and beer cans — they all have amazing survival uses. In fact, their uses can work in an urban survival setting. You can fashion a stove with tin cans and soda cans make fine cutting tools, for instance.

9. Make Tea for Vitamin C

Boost your immune system by drinking hot tea you made yourself. This way you can survive cold winters whether you’re in or out of the city.

10. Escape a Shooting for Urban Survival

A safety expert shows you how to get out alive when your workplace is under attack. Learn how to escape a shooting from any intruder.

11. Get Rid of a Tail for Survival

Stay alert on the road and think about how you can get rid of a tail. This can save your life or at least prevent anyone from following you.

12. Make a Long-Lasting Flashlight

A reliable light source may not always be available. So make sure you’re always prepared and ready if there’s a power outage.

13. Fix Your Bugout Bag for Urban Survival

Parts will break as you use your gear to the fullest. Learn how to fix them here so you keep your urban survival equipment safe and intact.

14. Prepare Survival Food

It is important and to have food which won’t go bad for a long time. One of the most important items in your urban survival essentials should be emergency food.

15. Make Water Safe to Drink for Survival

Having a WAPI ensures you won’t get dangerous microbes into your body. That’s why it is especially great for urban disaster survival.

16. Light Up the Darkness with a Can of Tuna

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When the grid is down and you have no light source, a can of tuna can save the day or night. You can turn your emergency food into urban survival equipment fit for any blackout.

17. Turn a Battery into a Firestarter

Use electrical energy to light a fire. This is one of the best urban survival essentials you need to keep yourself warm and fed in any situation.

18. Defend Your Home from Invaders

Learn to protect your house and family from invaders. One of the essentials of urban survival prepping is establishing a safe home.

RELATED: What Is Urban Survival Syndrome?

19. Resurrect Dead Batteries

We live in an electronic world, so know how to get those gadgets to work. Your urban survival backpack should have a few extra batteries just in case.

20. Repurpose Soda Cans

Turning your garbage into very useful items is one of the best urban survival tips to remember. Don’t just throw them away but keep them and turn them into useful items, instead.

21. Survive Anywhere in the World

Here’s what you need to do when things get awry and you’re in a strange place.

22. Get Out of a Dangerous Situation

 

Find ways to get safely out of a hostage or terror scenario. This may be one of the most useful urban survival skills in an urban survival guide.

23. Exit a Car Before It Sinks

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It’s imperative to get out of the vehicle before it reaches the bottom. Break the window as soon as your car hits the surface of the water so you can buy more time.

24. Escape Zip Ties

It’s not easy to break free from zip ties, or so you think. So, here is one of the practical urban survival tactics that books won’t teach you.

25. Practical Intelligence

Sometimes, all you need is to imagine out of the box or adjust to the situation. Approaching any situation with flexibility will help you get through anything, for sure.

26. Live Through Winter

Even when you’re indoors, the coldest season can be unforgiving so try to stay warm as best you could.

27. Make Waterproof Firestarters

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It’s important to be able to start a fire whatever the weather throws at you.

28. Be Street-Smart

Learn all the skills necessary to get through a bad situation, starting with awareness. The best survival books will tell you being street-smart can be as good as book-smart.

29. Hide in Plain Sight

To any survivalist, the benefits of using camouflage no longer need to be discussed.

30. Answering a Door Safely

If you’re not careful, bad guys can invade your home from your front door. So, take these tips to answer your door safely, thus preventing intruder’ entry to your home.

31. Stay Fit for Urban Survival

Being in top shape is important if you want to make it through any survival situation. This is imperative in any urban survival books, indeed.

32. Be Like Harry Houdini



No one wants to be held captive so learn how to escape bound hands from the experts.

33. Know What to Expect

If you have an idea of what could happen in a certain place or condition, you are better equipped to survive.

34. Keep Your Cool on the Road

Don’t turn a simple trip into a life-and-death situation, so always try to stay calm on the road. This will help you approach any situation logically and in a safe manner.

35. Deal with Urban Terror

It has happened, and it’s still happening, so it’s best to learn how to deal with senseless violence.

36. Hunker Down in Your Car

Your personal transport does not have to be a tank or tricked-out zombie survival vehicle to help you get through the night.

37. Save Yourself from an Active Shooter

Hard as it is to accept, but we all need to learn how to handle this new kind of terror.

 

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Master these urban survival skills, and you might save your own or someone else’s life when society collapses. Take this list of urban survival skills so you can make every day a lot safer for you and your family.

Do you have your own set of urban survival skills? Mention them in the comments section below!

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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on October 8, 2018, and has been updated for quality and relevancy.

What if all of the assumptions that people are making about this COVID pandemic are completely wrong?  When Pfizer announced that they had developed a successful vaccine for COVID, the world cheered.  And then when Moderna announced that they had developed a successful vaccine for COVID, the world cheered even more.  But COVID has been mutating, and scientists assure us that it will keep mutating.  So what happens if the vaccines that are being developed end up being completely useless against new mutant strains of the virus?  Would that put us all the way back to square one (or even worse)?

To put this problem into perspective, let’s talk about the flu for a moment.  Every year, health authorities come up with a flu vaccine that they think will be effective against the variation or variations of the flu that they believe will be dominant in that particular year.  Most people simply assume that a “flu shot” will provide them with complete protection against “the flu”, but that is actually not true at all.  In some years the match between the flu vaccine and the variations of the flu that are running around is pretty good, and some years that is definitely not the case.  The following comes from the official CDC website…

During years when the flu vaccine is not well matched to circulating influenza viruses, it is possible that little or no benefit from flu vaccination may be observed. During years when there is a good match between the flu vaccine and circulating viruses, it is possible to measure substantial benefits from flu vaccination in terms of preventing flu illness and complications. However, even during years when the flu vaccine match is good, the benefits of flu vaccination will vary, depending on various factors like the characteristics of the person being vaccinated, what influenza viruses are circulating that season and even, potentially, which type of flu vaccine was used.

At this point, Pfizer and Moderna both seem convinced that their vaccines will be effective against the dominant strain of COVID that is currently sweeping across the globe.

But what if a new strain becomes dominant?

In Denmark, a new strain of COVID that is being passed to humans from minks was considered to be so dangerous that the government actually announced that they would kill all 17 million minks in the entire nation…

The government of Denmark shocked the world a few days ago when it announced it would slaughter as many as 17 million minks in the country, effectively destroying the entire mink fur industry in the country. The officials opted for this radical option because of the novel coronavirus, as the pathogen developed a potentially dangerous mutation inside the captive mink population. Reports from the country said that the mutated coronavirus has already infected at least 12 people. Researchers are worried that the new strain might be so dangerous that it could effectively render the current COVID-19 vaccine candidates useless. A new report now delivers more troublesome news, as some researchers think that the mutated coronavirus strain has pandemic potential. Others, meanwhile, are calling for calm.

Thankfully, after a tremendous uproar the Danish government decided not to kill all the minks.

But this strain is still spreading, and as the quote above noted, this new strain “could effectively render the current COVID-19 vaccine candidates useless”.

In other words, if this Denmark strain becomes dominant it may force the vaccine companies to go back to the drawing board.

Meanwhile, we just learned that “a fast-spreading new strain of COVID-19” has popped up in Australia…

South Australia is battling a fast-spreading new strain of COVID-19 as it prepares for a six-day lockdown to attempt to contain the virus.

A COVID-19 cluster in Adelaide’s north grew to 22 on Wednesday as thousands of people continued to flock to testing stations.

The reason why authorities decided to lock down all of South Australia for six days is because this new strain appears to be far more contagious than previous strains…

A strain of Covid-19 behind an outbreak in South Australia may be spreading up to five times quicker than normal, officials fear.

Concerned health bosses say the incubation period — how long it takes for someone to show symptoms after getting infected — was ‘very very short’.

Professor Nicola Spurrier, chief health officer for South Australia, claimed people are becoming contagious within 24 hours of catching the virus. She said the particular strain behind the outbreak had ‘certain characteristics’.

If it is true that this new strain spreads five times more rapidly than older strains, it could easily become dominant.

And if that happens, the vaccines that have been developed may not be of any use at all.

We just don’t know at this point.

But what we do know is that COVID will continue to mutate in the months and years ahead, and that could potentially create massive headaches for vaccine developers.

As for the vaccines that have already been created, some experts are pointing out that there is so much that is unknown about them.

Most people assume that these new vaccines are similar to other vaccines that they have previously taken, but that is definitely not true.

These new vaccines are in an entirely new class all by themselves.  They are known as “messenger RNA” (mRNA) vaccines, and they work by hijacking the protein-making machinery in your cells…

When Moderna was just finishing its Phase I trial, The Independent wrote about the vaccine and described it this way: “It uses a sequence of genetic RNA material produced in a lab that, when injected into your body, must invade your cells and hijack your cells’ protein-making machinery called ribosomes to produce the viral components that subsequently train your immune system to fight the virus.”

“In this case, Moderna’s mRNA-1273 is programmed to make your cells produce the coronavirus’ infamous coronavirus spike protein that gives the virus its crown-like appearance (corona is crown in Latin) for which it is named,” wrote The Independent.

I certainly do not want my cells “hijacked”, and nobody has any idea what the long-term effects will look like.

And even if you take one of these new vaccines, it could end up doing no good for you at all if a different strain emerges and becomes dominant.

Unfortunately, I believe that we have entered an era of global pandemics, and I am convinced that all of this enthusiasm about the vaccines that have been developed is completely misguided.

We know that COVID will continue to mutate, but we have no idea at all if the current vaccines will be effective against those future strains or not.

If fighting diseases was easy, we would have eradicated the common cold and the flu long ago.

But we haven’t, and we won’t be eradicating COVID either.

Even now, dangerous new strains of COVID are emerging, and I have a feeling that it is going to be COVID that is going to have the last laugh.

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If you haven’t tried your hand at hunting, now might be the time to get involved. Check out our deer hunting for beginners tips below!

Deer Hunting for Beginners: Time to Get Started

Across the nation, men and women headed into the woods with rifles in hand to bag their deer for the year. It might be time for you to head out there and give hunting a shot, too!

Hunting a deer means a lot more than just telling everyone about the big buck you got. Deer hunting is about meat, it’s about tracking, it’s about scouting and its about marksmanship.

It’s a bundle of skills that are all incredibly beneficial to the average prepper and survivalist. If you consider what happens after the kill you could also add butchering and preserving into that mix, too!

You will find that setting up in the woods, quietly, and waiting for your that deer to come trotting along is also a practice in patience. So if you’re ready to learn, continue reading.

1. Hunting Land

One of the biggest problems that most people have in the modern age is where to hunt. If you are new to hunting you might hear that people need permission to hunt lands and there is truth to that. However, it is much better if you simply seek out public lands.

Public lands are literally owned by YOU! These are lands that can be used with limited rules and are your best bet for getting on big swaths of land that can be hunted and you will be able to learn that piece of land consistently.

2. Rifle

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Firearms season is a great place to start because you can kill a deer from further away but still have great success. It doesn’t require that you become some kind of stealth warrior and get within 20 yards of a spooky whitetail deer.

If you are tight on cash, I would recommend you get yourself a scoped Savage hunting rifle. I bought a 30-06 by Savage, and it is a great rifle to carry and take out into the hunting lands. I bought this rifle for right around $200.

The 30-06 is a serious round that will put an animal down in almost any case. However, a well placed .22 is enough to kill a deer. If you can hit the heart and lungs the animal will fall to almost any size rifle round.

3. Shooting

Just owning the firearm is not enough. You have to shoot it and be sure that you can hit what you are aiming at. You will have to ZERO your rifle in or set it up so that the sights or the scope do place the bullet on the target.

This takes time and practice. There are many public lands that also feature sighting ranges for rifles.

These are places where you can go to sight your rifle in and test how accurate it is. An hour at the shooting range, and you will know how well you can shoot at 100 yards or 50 yards.

From there, you just keep practicing until you are as accurate as possible.

4. Camo

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Better than all the camo in the world is a good hunting blind. A hunting blind allows you to set up on the ground and be covered until the shot needs to be taken.

Good camo can be effective, but I find a good hunting blind is a better investment. Camo prices can be outrageous, but you can actually be near invisible to animals with a good camo blind and a simple camo overshirt or hoodie.

5. Scouting

One of the most important aspects of hunting is scouting. Scouting is what you do before the hunt. It’s about getting out into the woods to see where the animals are living and eating. If you can find out where they bed down and where they eat, you will be able to find the routes they travel each day.

Scouting is an adventure in and of itself and should be treated as such. You are looking for a number of different things to tell you that deer are around the area. Here are some of the best signs:

• Fur
• Prints
• Scat
• Scrapes
• Rubber or scratched tree trunk
• Food sources

If all of these stars align in one area, there is a good chance that you have happened upon an active group of whitetail deer. Knowing that means that you can find a good place to set up that blind and maybe have some luck.

Start Slow and Enjoy the Ride

Hunting is a way to train all kinds of skills that pertain to survival. When you shoot a deer, you are going to track and trail it using its blood. This is another skillset to build on. Every bit of what you do on that hunt, successful or not, will be an opportunity for learning.

In the technological age where so much of what we learn and do is through a screen, hunting gives you the option to get out and put it all to the test in the real world. Good luck!

Do you have other deer hunting for beginners tips you want to add? We’d love to hear from you in the comments section!

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The UN World Food Program was the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020, and the head of that agency is warning of the potential for absolutely devastating famines around the globe in 2021.  The COVID-19 lockdowns that were instituted all over the world this year created tremendous hardship in many wealthy countries, but in poorer nations the economic devastation has created alarming waves of hunger.  There was hope that things would get better when lockdowns were being lifted, but now a new round of lockdowns is being imposed, and many experts are warning about what this could mean for those living in deep poverty.

David Beasley was absolutely thrilled when his agency was given the Nobel Peace Prize, because all of the attention has given him more opportunities to ask for money.  Because without a massive influx of money, he says that we are going to see “famines of biblical proportions in 2021”…

The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the U.N. agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than this year, and without billions of dollars “we are going to have famines of biblical proportions in 2021.”

As I have previously explained to my readers, widespread crop failures along with the economic shutdowns brought on by COVID-19 have put a tremendous amount of stress on global food distribution systems.  Food prices are rapidly rising all over the planet, and this is hurting the people at the bottom of the economic food chain the most.

According to Beasley, many areas of the globe are potentially facing a major food crisis “in the next three to six months”…

According to a joint analysis by WFP and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in October, 20 countries “are likely to face potential spikes in high acute food insecurity” in the next three to six months, “and require urgent attention.”

Of those, Yemen, South Sudan, northeastern Nigeria and Burkina Faso have some areas that “have reached a critical hunger situation following years of conflict or other shocks,” the U.N. agencies said, and any further deterioration in coming months “could lead to a risk of famine.”

Here in the United States, the good news is that nobody is facing starvation at this point.

But the bad news is that we are in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and some Americans are waiting in line for up to 12 hours for handouts.  If you don’t believe this, here is an excerpt from a news report about a food distribution event that just happened in Texas…

Thousands of families lined up to receive groceries at a Texas food bank this weekend, some queuing for as long as 12 hours as the on-going coronavirus pandemic continues to inflict hunger and economic hardships on the state.

The food bank distribution event, held by North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) in Dallas on Saturday, saw 600,000 pounds of food given away – including 7,000 turkeys.

You have to be pretty desperate to be willing to wait in a line for 12 hours.

But when you are very hungry and you are very short on money, all of a sudden you will be willing to do things that you wouldn’t normally do.

For those that wouldn’t have a Thanksgiving dinner otherwise, this food distribution event was “a real big deal”…

“I see blessings coming to us cause we all struggling. And I appreciate North Texas helping us out,” resident Samantha Woods said while waiting in her vehicle.

“I haven’t been working since December, can’t find a job, they cut my unemployment, it’s a real big deal,” said Cynthia Culter.

Elsewhere, millions upon millions of impoverished Americans are facing the possibility of being evicted from their homes right after the holiday season is over.

A national moratorium on evictions is scheduled to end on January 1st, and it is being reported that we could see a record number of evictions in January 2021…

An estimated 11 to 13 million renter households are at risk of eviction, according to Stout, an investment bank and global advisory firm. It predicts there could be as many as 6.4 million potential eviction filings by January 1, 2021 if the CDC moratorium is lifted.

Since the order does not cancel or freeze rent, all of the tenant’s back rent will be due come January 1. Without rent relief or an extension of the protection, many struggling renters will — again — face eviction.

I have a feeling that the moratorium may be extended, but that will just put even more financial stress on landlords.

And at some point there will be no more moratoriums, and all of that back rent will be due, and most of those households will not be able to pay it and will be evicted anyway.

Meanwhile, more Americans are losing their jobs with each passing day, and the new lockdowns that are being put in place all over the country right now will greatly accelerate that process.

No matter what happens politically, it appears that our national economic nightmare is only going to intensify in 2021, and that means that we are likely to see even more civil unrest.

Of course most people already understand what is happening to our nation, and that is why so many wealthy individuals are fleeing our core urban areas.  According to the New York Post, “far more than 300,000 New Yorkers” have moved out of the city over the past eight months…

City residents filed 295,103 change of address requests from March 1 through Oct. 31, according to data The Post obtained from the US Postal Service under a Freedom of Information Act request.

Since the data details only when 11 or more forwarding requests were made to a particular county outside NYC, the number of moves is actually higher. And a single address change could represent an entire household, which means far more than 300,000 New Yorkers fled the five boroughs.

This is already the craziest time in modern American history, and I will continue to keep my readers updated as we head into another deeply troubled year.

For a long time I have been warning that economic collapse, famine and civil unrest were coming, and now all three are all in the headlines on a continual basis.

Unfortunately, what we have experienced so far is just the beginning.  Global authorities are hoping for a “reset”, but what they are going to get is a “great meltdown” instead.

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For a true blue Prepper, prepping for the worst-case scenarios is a calling. Check out these rare medical preps every prepper should do to be ready for any situation.

14 Rare Medical Preps You Need in Your First Aid Kit

While you may be extremely prepared when it comes to food, water, self-protection, tools, and general supplies, there’s one area where you may be severely lacking: medical supplies. In some countries, trauma medical gear is limited for civilian purchase.

And for those of us who lack formal medical training, there is a giant leap that would need to be taken in order to correctly and effectively use items like skin staples, tourniquets, and sutures.

It is highly recommended that you purchase books on wilderness first aid and on emergency medical care, since when SHTF, there may be no doctors or surgeons to consult with. You’ll also want to invest heavily in your medical supplies since these can literally be life-saving and extremely hard to come by.

Canadian Prepper took us through his personal trauma kit, as well as his general medical kit so that you have an idea of what types of items you should be looking for (see video below).

Keep in mind that expiration dates are more like guidelines, and many medications and treatments can still be effective after the expiration date passes. An expired option may still be better than no option.

Stocking Your Trauma Kit

1. Headlamp

Many emergencies occur at night, and a headlamp provides you with light as well as both your hands to treat a medical emergency.

2. CPR Resuscitation Face Shield

Taking a CPR class is a great investment in your education.

3. Gloves

You’ll want to keep plenty of sterile, heavy-duty medical gloves on-hand.

4. Chitosan Hemostatic Dressings

 

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Extremely effective and easy to use, chitosan is derived from crustaceans or snow crab shells. They work independently from the body’s clotting process. These dressings are designed to control lacerations, minor cuts and abrasions rapidly, and are used prior to using a tourniquet.

5. Skin Stapler

Easier to use than sutures, an emergency skin stapler allows you to close off wounds with the pull of a trigger.

6. Chest Seal

If you have any expectation of engaging in a firefight, you MUST stock chest seals. These will seal up a chest wound and give you the time to get to help before you perish.

7. Splint

The SAM brand is recommended in the video and uses foam and aluminum layers that form structural arcs that are strong enough for pre- or post-cast care.

8. Israeli Medical Bandage

A hemorrhage control mechanism, the Israeli medical bandage is perfect for large lacerations or burns. It offers two layers of protection and also comes in a larger abdominal version.

9. Silver-Infused Bandages

Silver-infused bandages are recommended because they are waterproof and consistently antimicrobial.

10. Silver Antimicrobial Wound Gel

Much preferable to Polysporin, silver wound gel will actually semi-solidify on a wound, creating a protective barrier from bacteria and fungi. It will not rub off and last for three days.

11. Tourniquet

A must-have for anyone, a tourniquet can be life-saving when you suffer a severe cut or shooting.

12. Bleeding Control Kit

If you’re looking for a one-stop-shop, this is it. It contains tourniquet, medical shears, permanent marker, gauze, emergency bandage, medical gloves, and instructions.

13. ZipStitch

Intended to be easier to use but as effective as stitches, ZipStitch is an adjustable bandage that can last for up to seven days. It comes with ZipStitch, alcohol wipe, gauze, and bandage.

14. Fiberfix

 

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Essentially a wet bandage that dries hard, Fiberfix can turn into a makeshift cast.

Other First Aid Essentials

Canadian Prepper also took the time to point out some of the other medical supplies that he keeps in his first aid roll:

• Emergency bear flare/high visibility flare: Bright, loud, and hot
• Finger splints
• Emergency blanket
• Airhorn
• Blankets
• Water treatment tablets
• Reflective tape
• Disposable heat blanket
• Magnifying glass
• Mirror
• Notepad
• Compass
• Whistle
• Lidocaine: A local anesthetic
• Epipen
• Moleskin
• Many bandages in a variety of sizes
• Burn gel
• Wilderness First Aid Guide
• Cleaning agents
• Sutures

If you want to learn more about why these rare medical preps are needed, watch the video below:

While building up your First Aid Kit can be one of the biggest investments you make, it will be well worth the money if you ever need to fall back on it. Don’t skip anything from this list. Prep as much as you can as any of these tools can save a life!

Is there anything you want to add to these rare medical preps? We’d love to hear about your new first aid kit discoveries in the comments section below!

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Elon Musk is saying what most people feel about this coronavirus scamdemic: “something extremely bogus is going on.”  Musk is both positive and negative for COVID-19.

These lies and this scam will never stop. Don’t expect them to.  This is the New World Order rolling out under the false guise of a pandemic.  Now, Musk is claiming to have been both diagnosed and cleared of the disease on the same day. The SpaceX and Tesla founder wrote on Twitter that he had been administered four tests for the virus over a 24-hour period, leading to contradictory results.

“Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD,” Musk said.

Something extremely bogus is going on. Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2020

The tweet sparked a heated debate on social media, with some accusing the billionaire businessman of being “irresponsible” by suggesting that Covid-19 tests are unreliable, reported RT.  However, Musk paid no attention to the criticism and expressed further skepticism about the testing process in follow-messages.

One Twitter user speculated that Musk’s apparent false-positive illustrates why countries are seeing “spikes” of the disease, to which the Tesla CEO responded: “If it’s happening to me, it’s happening to others.”

If it’s happening to me, it’s happening to others. I’m getting PCR tests from separate labs. Results will take about 24 hours.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2020

The billionaire also agreed with a comment that noted that “revenues from tests are likely not bogus & very consistent.”

Musk said he was taking polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests from separate labs and that the results would be ready in about a day. He explained that he had symptoms of a “typical cold” but was otherwise not exhibiting any health problems purportedly linked to Covid-19. We already know the tests are unreliable and meaningless. The statistics are completely made up and fabricated to fit the narrative and yet some people are still buying this, even after the inventor of the PCR tests being used says they cannot be used as a diagnostic tool. 

The 49-year-old has been an outspoken critic of government response to the spread of the virus. Previously, he denounced lockdown policies adopted in countries around the world, arguing that only at-risk people should quarantine “until the storm passes.”

He also said that neither he nor his family will likely take future coronavirus vaccines once they become available, saying that the response to the pandemic has “diminished [his] faith in humanity.”

The Absurdity of Lockdown 2.0

Fauci Warns: Wear Your Mask, Or We Will Lock You Down Again

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As we head off into the next year it is clear that we will have to navigate challenges, like any other year. Let’s look at 4 highly likely things that we need to prepare for in 2021.

Important Things to Prepare for in 2021

We are closing the books in 2020 in just a month and a half. Many people are happy about this because it has been a nightmare for most. There is this strange illusion that we are going to wake up on January 1st and everything will have changed.

The reality is that many of the problems we are dealing with are still going to be here and we might have even more problems come January 20th!

Don’t be complacent. Focus on these four things when ushering in the year 2021:

1. Firearms Restrictions and Pricing Increases

The consistent attack on the 2nd amendment rights is not going away in 2021 and will likely be exacerbated. All over the nation, there are senators and representatives calling for increased taxes on firearms, licensing, and many other ways to assure that the government gains unprecedented control over your firearms.

2021 will be a good year to prepare for a contingency if your state or the nation as a whole makes massive moves on the 2nd Amendment.

2. Economic Collapse

The pandemic and subsequent lockdown did some serious damage to the nation’s economy. While we are seeing some rebound from the stock market, there is an undeniable reckoning that we must face due to all of these stores, restaurants, and other industries that have gone under.

We have a long way to go and under a new administration, there is a good chance we will have some rough years ahead of us. If the energy sector is checked and the mom and pops are not helped, then there will be massive effects that will ripple across the nation and the world!

Economic collapse could be on the horizon, and there is no better motivating factor to deal with than that to keep you on your toes and prepping.

3. Pandemic Job Loss

As I mentioned, a serious part of this pandemic and lockdown reckoning will be job loss. I don’t think we have seen the full effect of the pandemic job loss yet. I don’t assume we know all of the sectors and industries that have been affected by the lockdowns and drop off in business.

That being said, we just do not know how secure any of our jobs are! So, you have to ask yourself if you are ready to lose your job.

What would you do if your major source of income were cut off? Do you have a backup plan of some kind of savings that can float you until your next job? What if your next job was five months away in a tightened job market?

Now is the time to prepare for what I call the personal apocalypse. The year 2021 is just the right kind of year to experience a serious emergency in your own life. Sometimes, it’s not only a nation that collapses, it’s your home, job, or health that has a tremendous effect on life.

4. Vaccine Fallout

Pfizer has announced that they have a vaccine that will deliver us from the COVID nightmare. For those who are only looking at this issue on the surface, that means it’s a time to celebrate! They do not consider the efficacy of the flu vaccine and the repercussions of vaccines in general.

With authoritarian state and federal governments hard at work, there are many people who are concerned about what the vaccine means.

Will this be a mandated vaccine? If so, what does that look like? What is your game plan if your state says that you have to take the vaccine or you cannot go to work? What if your child has to take it to go to school?

Have you considered a mandated vaccine that you simply cannot afford to take?

Conclusion

Every year is a mish-mash of issues. 2020 has been highlighted by some terrifying issues in the nation. The lockdown was a terrifying precedent that may cost as many lives as the virus would have.

We have seen lives shattered by the lockdown because of job loss. Basic healthcare screenings have also been way down so we cannot know what that means for the death rate due to the lockdown.

We have a lot to answer in 2021, and one of the very best things to do is to prepare for it all.

Get your food storage up to par, create an emergency fund in case you lose your job, be prepared to defend your family in an economic collapse. And perhaps, even devise an evacuation plan to deal with the fallout from the very worst-case scenario in 2021.

If you are prepared and 2021 goes smoothly, then you get to sleep with peace of mind. If we just keep riding in the 2020 lane of chaos and disaster, then you will be way ahead of the game.

What other important things do you think you should prepare for in 2021? Do share your thoughts in the comments section below!

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This article was originally published by Jacob G. Hornberger at The Future of Freedom Foundation.

For the life of me, I just don’t get the mainstream media’s vehement objections to President Trump’s desire to investigate whether Joe Biden ending up winning the election through fraud. Their argument, repeated from the very moment that Biden was declared the winner and ever since is that Trump’s claims of fraud are “false” and “baseless.”

But secrecy is normally at the core of fraud. While there might be isolated cases where, say, a person is caught voting twice, it’s rare that massive fraud manifests itself immediately.  It usually takes an investigation to ferret it out.

Notice what happens if the logic of mainstream media, most of which was vehemently in favor of Biden’s election, holds sway. If there is massive, sophisticated fraud, it is never discovered because there is never an investigation to determine whether there was fraud. The reason there is no investigation is because there is no evidence of fraud immediately after the election. But the only way to discover the existence of electoral fraud is to conduct an investigation, which isn’t conducted because there is no evidence of fraud immediately after the election.

Let’s assume, for example, that there was election software that corrupt officials were able to use to manufacture whatever number of votes Biden needed to win. How could anyone be expected to ferret out that fraud immediately after the election? One would need an investigation to discover fraud on that sophisticated level. But the mainstream media’s argument is that there should be no investigation because there is no immediate evidence of the fraud. Thus, if the mainstream media’s argument is accepted, the fraud succeeds because there is never an investigation into the matter.

The mainstream media asserts that there is nothing unusual about the massive number of votes that poured in for Biden after the election. But the fact is that it was unusual. Nothing like that has ever happened in U.S. presidential election history.

Democrat Lyndon Johnson’s 1948 U.S. Senate campaign in Texas, which I wrote about the day before the Trump-Biden election, is instructive. Johnson won that election by 87 votes out of almost a million votes cast.

Johnson’s position was the same as that of the mainstream media today. Immediately after the election, he was asserting that there was no evidence of fraud. But as I indicated above, oftentimes election fraud is hard to ferret it. It takes an investigation to do so.

Even with an investigation, Johnson’s opponent, Gov. Coke Stevenson, was unable to prevail in his election contest. Does that mean there was no fraud? No, it doesn’t. In fact, many years later, after Johnson had served as John Kennedy’s vice president and then as president, his electoral fraud rose to the surface.

It turned out that Johnson had told a South Texas crony named George Parr to keep his poll tabulations open after the election, just in case Johnson needed more votes to win. Several days after the election, when Johnson was losing, Parr delivered 200 votes to him, which gave Johnson the win.

This New York Times article, which is worth reading, details Johnson’s election fraud, which became known as the “Box 13” scandal (Google “Box 13 scandal.”) In 1977, after Johnson and Parr were dead, an election judge in charge of Jim Well County’s Box 13, Luis Salas, came forward and confessed that he was part of the fraud. He said that Johnson told Parr that he needed 200 more votes to win the election. Parr instructed Salas to produce the additional 200 votes, which Salas did. The last 200 signatures on the election tally were all in the same ink, which was different from the ink of the other signatures, the signatures were in the same handwriting, and the names were in alphabetical order.

Johnson went on to become U.S. Senator. If he had lost the race, there is no chance he would have become president in November 1963. 

It’s certainly possible that Joe Biden’s election is legitimate. But it’s also possible that it’s not. What’s wrong with Trump investigating it now rather than have the fraud surface 30 years from now, as it did in the case of Lyndon Johnson? Surely, the mainstream media wouldn’t want another illegitimate Democrat president, would it? 

 

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