At the end of September, residents of Seattle were surprised to hear of a tornado in their area.
Tornados are rare in mountainous regions; and are even more rare on the west coast.
But let this be a friendly reminder that things can happen anywhere.
Apples are a blessing in Canada. We can make apple pies, apple sauce, apple cider, dried apples, and add apple as a flavouring to many of our baked goods. But the most common thing I make with them is Apple Crisp.
I hesitate to give exact measurements for this recipe, because they really aren’t all that important. It’s not like we’re baking a cake or bread where more precise ratios are important.
Mr.Nobody was kind enough to leave the following comment on my post about a day at the shooting range:
“A firearm (or many) is pretty much a prerequisite to self-reliance and personal liberty. Which is why you can’t and don’t really have either in Canada.”
So that brings up the question, is it even possible to have personal liberty in Canada? Can we really be free?
I grew up listening to Ted Nugent, Metallica, AC/DC, Guns’n’Roses, and Aerosmith.
Being a teenager in the 1990s, I think I was the last of the generation to do so too.
However, I had an extra special bonus growing up in southwestern Ontario: I was in radio reception to Detroit and listened to ZRock 102.7, which later became ‘The Bear’. Ted Nugent was a morning host for what seemed like a couple of years, and I enjoyed listening to him getting ready for school.
Last weekend I recommended some podcast episodes for you to listen to.
I want to do that again this weekend. I listen to so many good ones that I want to share.
These are a few of the best episodes I listened to this past week:
As I said last week, I am a real podcast junkie. I quite often have one on the go.
I will keep recommending episodes as I hear good ones, mostly relating to health, wealth, independence, survival, and preparedness.
Did you listen to any good podcasts this week?
I recently answered some questions on a survey for the Canadian Government about Consumer Nutrition, Food Labelling, and what they can do to help.
The survey was poorly laid out for most consumers to actually answer; Questions were unclear and the survey was too long. It likely cost us a lot of money to put on though, no doubt.
I thought I would share some of my answers which reflect my opinions on consumer nutrition responsibility and food labelling requirements.
In my Pockets: Money clip with $100-$200, Amex & drivers licence. SOG Flash pocket knife, iPhone w/ earbuds, watch, Fenix 32PD-UE flashlight, car keys w/ Gerber Shard tool.
In my Backpack (always in office, car, or home): MacBook laptop, Petzl headlamp, boxcutter knife w/ replaceable blades, first aid kit, fire kit w/ magnesium starter, Kindle reader, a book or magazines to read if I’m stuck somewhere, and some food for a decent snack.
What do you carry in your pockets on a daily basis?
The Interest is up and the stock market’s down – and you’ll only get mugged if you go downtown.
I’ve got a shotgun, rifle, and a four wheel drive – and a country boy can survive.
I can plough a field all day long, I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn.
Make our own whisky and our own smoke too – ain’t too many things these old boys can’t do.
Grow good ol tomatoes and homemade wine – and a country boy can survive.
We can skin a buck, we can run a trout line – and a country boy can survive.
What a great song. Pretty much sums up a lot of the topics that interest us striving for self sufficiency and personal sovereignty. Hank Williams Jr. is a great music artist and has some great songs. Watch the video here then head off to YouTube to find some related ones.
Do you have a favourite song that helps spread the message of liberty and freedom?
-Thomas Jefferson
Of more importance than the post on consumer nutrition responsibility, today I want to cover GMO food labelling.
GMOs are a hot topic for debate these days. On one hand they allow farmers to grow more food, with less effort, and generally with the use of herbicide sprays that would kill the non-GMO versions of the plants. Other GMOs have nutrients added in to the food to help prevent some malnutrition in children in poorer countries. Golden Rice is the best example of that.
But that is exactly the issue, do we want to eat this food that has been heavily sprayed with roundup? Do we want to eat food that has been modified at the genetic level with fish genes and a virus?
I won’t go into my beliefs on whether GMO foods are good or bad. In short I think the research is good but I don’t want to consume them. But there’s the problem, how do I know what foods have GMO ingredients in them and what foods do not?