Timely reminders and general thoughts
Hello again and welcome to the first post of 2023. Let me first wish everyone a Happy New Year - rather belated, but sincere. Let's hope it is a better one than 2022, 21 and 20. As I write this article, just over a week into the month of February, there has been so much in the news - and here I mean the mainstream media that the unawake rely on for their information - to give people a nudge into being prepared and becoming preppers. A lot of what's being reported on is fact, but there is a lot of speculation and what can only be described as "fear porn" too. It helps the governments of the world and the powers that be in general to keep the global population fearful. The theory being that if we are scared and relying on THEM to protect us, we will give up certain rights and freedoms that we have had for centuries, in exchange for perceived safety. We are constantly being bombarded with news about the Ukraine war - which is nearing it's one year anniversary (24t...