SITREP

[Lowdown3]

Oh yes, military abbreviations..... we all love them right? LOL

It's occurred to me that their is/has been currently a LOT going on in the world at this particular juncture of time.

Maybe everyone chiming in with what you see happening BOTH HERE AND ABROAD on the following headlines-

Geopolitical- Syria, Crimea, Ukraine, China/Japan, etc.

Economic- Russia dumping dollar, etc.

Moral and ethical- current court cases restricting civil liberties, etc.

Tyranny related- keep in the realm of real, versus unfounded crazyness-

What's your SITREP right now?

[1Admin]

Most every new prepper seems to ignore nuclear war- even a limited one- now a days, but hell it's probably closer than it was in the 80's and 90's.

Suppose Russia feels SAFER now without the buffer of a dozen or so satellite states? Nope I doubt it.

And countries on their borders are pushing/being pushed into NATO and the EU.

History.... remember it.

http://www.wnd.com/2014/04/provocative-putin-reacts-to-u-s-presence/#wA5MmZYdx5ketZHG.99

[1Admin]

http://news.sky.com/story/1247985/raf-jet-chases-russian-planes-away-from-uk

Probes, political posturing, important to take notice of nevertheless

[WiseOwl]

With everything going on right now its hard to concentrate on one thing. WO homestead is getting ready to plant and finish cleaning this never-ending job called property.

I think the Russia situation is going to eventually blow over. Putin is flexin because amabo is such a puscatore. Wouldnt you?
If eastern UK wants to be part of Russia, they will be a part of Russia.

The Middle East is the middle east is the middle east is the middddddd


The Bundy situation is interesting. I hear there is something similar going on Texas right now with the BLM but TX says they will nip that ish in the bud quick.

I know GA is an awesome place to be now

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/23/us/georgia-governor-signs-gun-bill/

The world is a big place with a lot of problems. I am worrying about the 60 mile radius around my house over anything and so far a new mexican restaurant just went in up in crapville north of me.

So many chicken little stories on the web right now (arent there always way too many?) and as long as one is at peace with the creator, bring it.

I know most of us (board minded peoples) keep the same routines up anyways so we are all good.... I hope!

[Patriotic Sheepdog]

Got Russian jet buzzing our navy ships, Brits fighters running Russian spy planes out of area, China grabbing land and property in the CONUS, Syria in turmoil, Ukraine in turmoil, Egypt still jacking around, Al Qaeda in Yeman, BRICS dumping dollar as the reserve currency, IMF questioning the printing of money by the US, weak president, Justice Dept corrupt, IRS targeting special groups, NSA collecting data on everyone including other country leaders, our electrical grid being probed and tested, airliners just going missing and the sheeple still with their head in the sand. What could possibly go wrong? Oops, American idol coming on, gotta run...lol


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[hidden_waldo]

Silver appears to have broken the $20 floor (going down).

Take your own opinions on what that means...

[protus]

Soviet Union suffers worst wheat harvest in 55 years... Labor and food riots in Poland. Soviet troops invade... Cuba and Nicaragua reach troop strength goals of 500,000. El Salvador and Honduras fall... Greens Party gains control of West German Parliament. Demands withdrawal of nuclear weapons from European soil... Mexico plunged into revolution... NATO dissolves. United States stands alone.

just sayin'.... lol

lotta fun..going on.

it doesnt scare me about russia. its the 80's again. they buzz us..we buzz them... their ships nudge ours..we return the nudge. they nuke..we nuke.. on my level that is stuff i can not control.
Same goes for the strong arm tatics the current admin is using. Frompushing laws,bills,e/o's through with out approval/propper vote to the action of abc agencies, like the current BLM issue in texas and nevada..to the state/epa saying folks in utah iirc have to pay for solar power!

what worries me is most folks are clueless to what is going on..or if they do know they are not seeing the build up. using the bundy ranch event...p[eople do not have any idea how close we were to a "waco" style event that would have sparked things off elsewhere.
its not even on their radars...but what happened on last nights game of thornes is......

[1Admin]

what worries me is most folks are clueless to what is going on

That's my point exactly!

Why we shouldn't run scared, we do need to be aware of things. Reason I thought this thread would be a good idea.

[justanothergunnut]

Silver appears to have broken the $20 floor (going down).

Take your own opinions on what that means...

it means its time to go buy more silver.. Seriously

[Rmplstlskn]

The SITREP is I think anything could happen at any time... We could fill pages with the warning signs around us on many levels.

I am doing all I can at my income level without getting weird about it all. I cannot prep for everything, nor can I be ready for everything. And most likely what I think will happen soon will be something completely different when it happens. I live with a wide and varied survival mindset, doing what comes in my path that needs to be improved, buying as things come up on bargains or some other once-in-a-red-moon opportunity.

But I do think we are beginning to nudge the Bear (Russia) as the Bear begins to enlarge its cave again... And Islamists still hate us and seek any opportunity to bring the Great Satan to its knees. We are also going through earth changes (not man caused) that could let loose in various places at any time... The West is up in arms over BLM & Fed oppression... And as others have said, most people are CLUELESS!

I no longer evangelize SURVIVAL, for those who have a clue can figure out I am "one of those guys" by my 5.11 pants as a work uniform, just as I can spot another "survivalist" when I see them... You can even tell by the way one handles problems at work who is a clueless wus, a soccer mom, or a independent thinker with a get it done attitude...

I laugh to myself as people around me talk of retirement and collecting their State retirement money (which has ZERO savings and pays out as it comes in)... I snicker at their cluelessness. They are grapes for the winepress. Not going to teach old dogs new tricks. I can only hope I am wrong and all things continue on as they always have done... Just as the days of Noah...

Rmpl

[1Admin]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/23/opinion/gingrich-ukraine-dangers/

(CNN) -- This year is the centennial of the First World War. One-hundred years ago this month, in April 1914, no one thought there would be a war. But war began, triggered by events in Eastern Europe, by the end of July. It came as an enormous shock, in retrospect almost like the Titanic hitting an iceberg.
In the end, it shattered Europe, cost tens of millions of lives, bankrupted countries and changed forever those who survived the horrors.
A century later, our focus is again on Eastern Europe, the site of a regional conflict that threatens to entangle the world's leading powers.
Newt Gingrich


The situation in Ukraine is a perilous one, much more so than our current debate acknowledges.
In Russia, we are dealing with the largest country in the world geographically, a country that possesses thousands of nuclear weapons, plenty of ballistic missiles and a ruthlessly determined leader motivated by nationalism and an imperial drive: a leader who also has an entrenched machine capable of keeping him in power for a long time.
In Ukraine, we are dealing with an ally that fought alongside us in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a nation now threatened with conquest by a much stronger neighbor against which it cannot defend itself.
In Europe, we are dealing with a continent that for more than half a century has relied on the United States to guarantee peace, security and freedom. We have kept that promise through NATO, the alliance that war in Eastern Europe threatens seriously to undermine.
And in the United States, we are dealing with a nation weary of war after more than a decade spent in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a public wary of more armed intervention abroad.
We need a national debate on what our policy is going to be. And then we need to engage our friends in Europe on what our policy is going to be.
As retired former NATO Commander Gen. Wesley Clark and his colleague Dr. Phillip Karber, a former Defense Department official, detail in their recent report from Ukraine, the Obama Pentagon has adopted a position of not helping that country with any offensive weapons. Offensive weapons including, for example, Kevlar vests, night vision equipment and aviation fuel.
So while the United States has sent thousands of meals ready to eat (Army rations) to a country that is an agricultural exporter, the administration has refused to send even nonlethal equipment that would help Ukraine defend itself and possibly avert war.
Instead of sending military supplies to Ukraine, we hear talk of more sanctions. And yet, as I discuss in my podcast this week, I suspect it will be apparent very quickly that sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin are going to be irrelevant. He is a very tough man. He heads a very big country with immense natural resources. He can cause pain fully as much as his neighbors can cause him pain. He can block American shipments to Afghanistan from coming through Russia by the northern route. He can cut off natural gas flow to Western Europe. He has a veto at the U.N. Security Council, and can obstruct further sanctions against Iran.
This is a very difficult situation, and we are now in two enormous dangers. First, of the Obama administration doing too little, in which case the world will become less safe as we show weakness to our allies and the Russians seek to reconstitute the Soviet empire. And second, of doing things too clumsily, in which case, as one-hundred years ago, a bad combination of miscalculations, delusions, laws and alliances could land us in a war no one intends.

[Rmplstlskn]

Sounds like Newt wants increased US role in Ukraine, and using Wesley Clark for anything is scary too... Problem is, our meddling in Ukraine and the resulting hell on earth from when the Bear responds and invades, it will make Syria look like a minor skirmish...

I see no national interest is starting a war between Ukraine and Russia... And it would get bad quick and escalations would be wide ranging... Especially considering Russia got caught with a spy ship near Florida and subs have routinely probed our waters, and those are only the time we KNOW about it...

If Obama listens to Newt, we better prep harder and faster...

Rmpl

[protus]

National state of emergency.
read what it does for elections ....that you patriot act.

[Pete]

What could possibly go wrong? Oops, American idol coming on, gotta run...lol


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LOL!!!! Not that it's really all that funny, but you kinda summed it all up perfectly! With everything going on in the world, the typical American just has their eyes closed.

[rockriver]

I have close associate who wears 5.11 pants all the time.. about 6'4... ex military. buying gold on a steady basis.
but that is extent of his survivalism traits..
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sorry for digressing!
I do trust the guy completely... he and his nurse wife are welcome at my camp anytime. but they live a long long way from me.

back to sitrep.
to the average joe things look well.. middle east is calming. Russia is a long way off..." If eastern UK wants to be part of Russia, they will be a part of Russia." is common thought. food is in the grocery store. credit is a little stiffer but still available. welfare is very easy.. disability checks are getting easier... cost of living is low in my area. ammo is available again. weapon prices are down. banks have appearance of normalcy.

I'm concerned it is the quiet before the storm.
so what should i be doing seeing above?
trying to buy little house.
working with neighbor to correct his water runoff problem (his water runoff gets me!)
buying fence and gate materials
working on house and hvac insulation efficiency.
increasing storage area and sleeping quarters for guests.
working on a long shopping list as i see value and $$ become available.
stocking pantry.