With Canada's health minister recently stating that Trudeau's subjects would never be fully vaccinated and mentioning the plan for a jab every 9 months, and the Brandon administration placing an order for 105 million doses of injectable toxin, this drama is not going away any time soon in North America.
With Canada's health minister recently stating that Trudeau's subjects would never be fully vaccinated and mentioning the plan for a jab every 9 months, and the Brandon administration placing an order for 105 million doses of injectable toxin, this drama is not going away any time soon in North America.
President Effjoe's administration has, very troublingly, been disregarding Supreme Court decisions that go against the feelings of the Orcs who comprise his voter base. It might be time to make it official and add the image of a banana to the stars and stripes...
Add to it the insanity going on in the Netherlands and my advice to all is to move to a Red State, if possible, purchase canned goods and a water purification system. Oh, and you can never have too much ammo.
I have been living in Mexico for ten years (American expatriate). Un-vaxxed and never tested. You have considerably more individual freedom here than in the United States. The main reason for that is lack of government. The central government is weak, and the state and local governments barely function at all. The roads are more-or-less paved, and if you call 911 a fire truck eventually shows up, but other than that the government doesn't do much. There's just no money. And there is no greater threat to personal liberty than a well-funded government.
There were no vaccine mandates here in Mexico, that I know of. I think some of the universities required vaccinations to return to classes, but those students that opted out could simply continue their studies remotely / on-line. There certainly was none of the coercion here like there was in the United States. I also did not see nearly the level of panic here that I saw in the United States. And there was never any question of the government forcibly vaccinating people. The government is far too poor and weak for that, and the Mexican people would not go for it anyway. The Mexicans do not trust their government or their institutions to begin with, except for possibly the navy (which has a good reputation). The government's approach seems to be to leave health policies up to the individual states, make the vaccine available if people want it, and get on with life. I rarely hear anyone discussing covid or talking about vaccines. It's just not part of the daily dialogue. I did drive past a vaccination site this past Saturday and saw there was a large group of people queued up to get jabbed. And there a few advertisements here and there bleating, "Vacunate! Para ella!" (get vaccinated! for her!) showing a young person with a grandmother. So Mexico is definitely on-board with the covid/vax scam but the campaign seems to be in low gear, at least compared to the United States. Good luck.
The "get vaxxinated for the elderly" is a STRONG motivation here. I know a number of people who keep getting boosted so they don't infect their elderly parent.
Here's the catch: if your elderly parent is vaxxed, they can still catch and spread c0vid. If YOU are vaxxed, you can still catch and spread c0vid. If you are unvaxxed, you can still catch and spread c0vid. So the benefit of vaxxing is what again?
How exactly does one "catch or spread" a bioweapon or 5G pulses? Okay, you could BREATHE a bioweapon, or get one in your water, maybe, or eat it in tainted food, etc. but...
The thing won't take me back to my comment, but I agree with you on that! Sorry if I misunderstood you. SARS COV II is patented. In my mind, there NO other reason for that unless it's Gain-of-Function. Maybe it's meant to be kind of mild, unless it's "activated" by EMF's, like 5G... this is something dancing through my brain, I don't know. But if they'd loosed a really bad bio-weapon on us, it might have tipped us off too soon... I know they've put a lot of planning into this... Anyway, cheers.
It seems the EMF's, not just 5G, but any EMF, causes the metals in the jabs to sort of "assemble" and when they do, it somehow makes them sort of shred the insides of the blood vessels... Nice, eh? I have no knowledge of "autogeneration," but EMF's alone can feel like a case of the flu... There's also something causing a lot of weird clotting, long bits of white, plastic-looking substance pulled out of the blood vessels of corpses... Pretty freakin hideous.
I live in Ensenada, Baja California. Like you, Corey, my impression is that people just aren't making Covid a super big deal here. Masks are no longer required anywhere. It used to be that you had to mask up to enter businesses. Machine temperature checks and hand sanitizer were everywhere. The government must have changed the risk assessment because that stuff is going away. Nobody here asks my vaxx status and I don't think I'd get hit with a tidalwave of judgement if they knew I was unvaxxed.
I live in a similar country, but the gubmint did institute lockdowns, curfews, and forced vaxxxes for anyone going to ANY public space, like a grocery store. The only exception was a 3-day PCR which costs $85 here. $85 to go shop for food!
That said, they have recently done away with mandates, and nobody is getting vaxxxxed or boosted. There are supposedly millions of doses that expire in October.
We are not vaxxxed and want to visit, and eventually move back to my lifetime home state of FL. I am a US citizen so the Feebs vaxxx mandate exempts me. My wife is not vaxxxxed. Based on numerous unvaxxxed friends and family who have successfully traveled to the states since the mandate we will give a trip a try.
They have vax or testing mandates for entry into some European countries such as Portugal but nobody there gives a shit, nothing is ever checked. Same in Italy, we all got tested but nobody at the airport checked anything.
The German government was well funded since about 1960 due to high taxes and a strong economy. Personal freedom was very good until recently. The government pretty much left me alone throughout the first 40 years of my life, besides a mandate for kids to go to school for exactly 10 years, which I agree with. Parents could choose between state or private schools of many different varieties, lots of choices. No vaccine mandates existed at all until a measles shot mandate a few years ago. I always had good experiences with local government when I needed passports, driver license or some other document. The police was usually rather nice and not scary at all, everyone called them "friend and helper in green" (green uniforms), punishments were usually quite benign, you really had to fuck up badly and be a repeat offender to go to jail at all. I got caught with drugs repeatedly and charges were always dropped because of "no public interest to pursue an individual user". They basically just confiscated my stash and that was it, no entry into my criminal records. German government wasn't perfect but it worked well enough and left its citizens alone besides tax collection.
I am saying this because the funding doesn't seem the issue. People in Denmark and Finland are extremely happy with their governments and those governments are the best funded governments on earth. It is governments going crazy that is the problem.
This mirrors almost exactly my experience in the UK. I didn't even care to vote for 40 years, feeling I could affect my life better by spending the deliberation and voting time on myself, my career, etc. Voter apathy was real and increasing... maybe that was one of the contributing factors in all this?! It'd be terrible if we suffered just because the media and government wanted more attention.
I am deeply suspicious of anyone who does or feels they should be able to trust the government-- ANY government. Those two words simply do not belong together.
Jalisco has a jab mandate to enter restaurants, bars, etc. but the last time I was in Chapala a few months ago it was not at all enforced. Not sure if it is still in effect.
(Cancun etc.) Mask Nazis, shouted at at reception and restaurant. Poolside athletics all masked. Chin strapping picked up on instantly.
Tulum, more chilled, shops had a word but no shouting, hotel didn't enforce in reception, but did at restaurants, chin strapped was adequate. Temp check at 5star hotel restaurant.
Mexico City outdoor almost 95%+ compliance, they loved masks there.
Chihuahua, pretty laid back. Walmart entry got a temp check.
Chapala (Guadalajara) - not even locals wearing masks in seven eleven. Felt refreshing.
California Baja Sur. Mixed, fairly relaxed.
So the jabs might not go mandatory there, but masks ARE and NO Exceptions. In the UK I never wore a mask anywhere except trip to my transplant outpatients, cos I didn't want to scare the scared and wasn't worth the battle.
I have family in Ajijic and although most restaurants insisted on the ridiculous "mask up while walking to your table" nonsense, the only true covidian fanatics were the leftist gringos that have infested the place.
Chapala was the best. Had a killer seafood molcajete and not a mask in sight.
Mexico has its pros and cons. About 15 years ago I was interested enough in retiring there I read a few books and more importantly, took 5 different trips, each of several weeks, seeing everything including retirement meccas. In the end, I decided against, but that only means "for the present time." Residency is relatively easy to get. Or if you can't be bothered there are alternatives. One expat I interviewed found it easier to hire a local to take his passport down to the Honduran border and get it stamped every six months. 😁 That's another point to consider: you'd have to learn the more, ah, "informal" nature of government down there. Money talks, bribery is common. This might be good training for what a future America may be like, as our government slowly atrophies.
We thought long and hard about a move, just last year. We thoroughly researched Baja, including the "hidden gem of a town", Mulege (too humid, water getting stagnant) and Todos Santos (getting way too expensive, built up and touristy, filling up with rich American yuppies, Cabo encroaches, and we don't want to be part of the problem) and oh just about every little town. Friends have just up and moved to Mazatlan, they love it there. There are pros and cons. The cheap medical, ditto cost of living, even veterinary care. But then the gang wars are bad right now, everywhere. No different from many American cities, I hear you. I read the Mexico News Daily, the main newspaper for expats, to keep on top of things. Actually we are buried away in a sort of third world country in the wilds of NorCal, and we've planned a move to Texas for a long time. But despite the many, many yucky things about California, we are doing okay where we are, a huge house and garden with cheap rent by the grace of God, my work is rewarding, we have good ties in a tiny and very tight-knit community where, even if most don't share our conservative views and we have few real friends these days, people always pull together and help each other out when things get tough. We're here for the now. Much depends on the midterms, and the 2024 election. Should things get really bad, we will skedaddle, maybe to Mexico after all.
Another news source for expats is the Guadalajara Reporter, which many people in the Chapala / Ajijic area read.
An option I've considered is SE Alaska, specifically Prince of Wales Island. Very remote and you can buy land there with no government rent (a.k.a. property tax), much of it waterfront only accessible via boat.
Friends have a hunting/fishing camp there that is completely off-grid. Solar can be an issue given the cloud cover, but they have a year-round creek that provides not only fresh water but also hydro, so it is habitable year-round. Wind can also be a good option depending on the exposure.
Getting there and getting set up is definitely a chore, but the place is just spectacular, especially if you love crab, halibut, salmon and too many others to list.
It sounds just incredible, and I could easily live on seafood. And the sea is my natural habitat. My man loves Alaska, too - spent his army years in Homer, then did lots of bush piloting all over. He considered living there. Realistically, though, I just don't think I could stand the weather, I'm still too much of a tropical flower - maybe a couple months of the year if the black flies and hummingbird-sized mosquitoes cooperated. I wish I could divide my life into time there, back home in Hawai'i and maybe somewhere in the southern hemisphere (Costa Rica? El Salvadore?). A plane would be nice, but a pilot friend says the cost of jet fuel has him on the verge of retiring. Keep us posted if you strike out for the North.
My grandparents homesteaded the Kenai after WWII and I spent a large part of my childhood there. My father was a bush pilot and hunter/guide. He flew with Don Johnson. Perhaps that will ring a bell with your man. A gigantic Kodiak he bagged is still in the Kenai Municipal Airport.
Alaska is in my soul.
I love Hawai'i as well. In the dead of winter, when it was 40 below and dark for 21 hours, we would head to Maui, or my favorite, Kauai. The North Shore for me was as close to paradise as one could get. although the (old) Road to Hana is right up there.
Such a beautiful world.
If only we could be rid of the fly in the ointment.
Almost ANYWHERE can be heavenly if you live within your means and can quietly manage/work 'the system' to your benefit. There are good people everywhere, even in crusty industrial American towns full of boarded up strip malls and not much else. Look for the good and keep sharing some of your own!
A relaxed bribery sounds inviting as opposed to the formal confiscatory thievery we have here. What would an informal 1984 look like? Would O’Brien find employment teaching math?
We did, the gangs are not interested in gringos. Worth touring around IMHO. I posted a quick guide elsewhere on this thread, mainly about how they reacted with masks/policies.
If you are in Canada and want to get to the US, make your way to Stewart B.C. then cross the border to Hyder AK. As of a few months ago, there were no thugs on either side to prevent crossing. From Hyder you can hire a boat or seaplane to parts unknown.
Also, Mexico requires neither proof of jab nor covid test to enter.
Possibly by the airline clerk at check-in. That's where a fake card works, even an image on a cell phone, but not the QR code. As long as it's a decent, credible fake card done on actual approved card stock.
I am told by NUMEROUS non-vaxxxed people first hand that nobody follows up on any vaxxx card presented to them at the airport, especially from a non-first world location, and US Immigration does not check vaxxx status, especially during a rush push..
So if you can get to a non-first world country, like Mexico, Jamaica, Costa Rica or some other country, a fake card will work at the airport going to the US.
That said, you will have to have a travel visa to get into the US.
Personally, learning the lingo and getting authentically involved is my bag. But there are enclaves of expats, entire estates marketed at them and a Walmart plonked nearby. Might as well stay in Southern US IMHO.
Ah, lots of very good Bug Out Locations in MO, AR, OK, esp. if you are wanting to bring your skills to a group. Many are faith-based, and this can work out well for like-minded folks. Going it alone after TEOTWAWKI will be extremely problematic, just in terms of security.
Thanks for this excellent list. I'm a huge fan of clean water, both hot and cold. We have an RV that is almost 100% solar powered, will be both our escape vehicle and BOL in a SHTF scenario. Meanwhile, living in an extremely remote rural area, lots of farms, ranches and hunting/fishing opportunities, growing and preserving as much food as possible. The population is 99.9% armed, I'd venture to guess. Oh hell, make that 100%. Have just this past year turned an entire room in the house over to food storage. The new dehydrator arrives today, just in time for the plum harvest! Hooray!!
You would be most welcome. It's not Shangri-La, or even Brigadoon, but it's well hidden - "Nature's Hideaway" is an old name. Rumor has it that Butch Cassidy hung out in these parts, I can believe it. Still very much the wild west, LEO is more than an hour away (and they don't come unless there's bodies) but with the collapse of the cannabis market about 3/4 of the cartel has left. Some are sticking around to try one more season, but by this time next year we think the cartel foot soldiers and carpetbaggers will have moved on. This is a good thing, and we'll weather the economic storm. But you should still pack some heat. We think this is going to be a good place to be for SHTF. We can blow up the bridges, if necessary, and the presence of the tribe will guarantee the relatively swift restoration of goods and services to some degree. We hope. Lots of deer, elk and wild pig. There's a nice shot of our valley in this scary montage - https://www.courier-journal.com/in-depth/news/crime/2021/12/17/mexican-drug-cartels-move-in-on-californias-shadow-marijuana-industry/6036056001/
Lotsa of wild people up here, a few Karens in the towns but outside of that, it's pretty much live and let live. There is much to wildcraft, too, including wild watercress at Usal - be careful not to eat it raw, as there are liver flukes.
With fava beans and a nice Chianti! I learned about these after consumed several handfuls of raw watercress. I did not seem to take any harm, guess it was a fluke! ;>b
That is indeed a most generous offer! I haven’t been to a dentist for almost two years because I have refused to worship the image of the golden Covidocrasy in the plain of Dura as a prerequisite.
With Canada's health minister recently stating that Trudeau's subjects would never be fully vaccinated and mentioning the plan for a jab every 9 months, and the Brandon administration placing an order for 105 million doses of injectable toxin, this drama is not going away any time soon in North America.
President Effjoe's administration has, very troublingly, been disregarding Supreme Court decisions that go against the feelings of the Orcs who comprise his voter base. It might be time to make it official and add the image of a banana to the stars and stripes...
Add to it the insanity going on in the Netherlands and my advice to all is to move to a Red State, if possible, purchase canned goods and a water purification system. Oh, and you can never have too much ammo.
Would love to hunker down with you, but can't even fly to the US unjabbed. This restriction not lifting is very telling to what's coming next.
My planB is Mexico which I already did a recce of last winter.
Hang in there, friend. God bless you. Job #1 for all is to stay unjabbed.
I have been living in Mexico for ten years (American expatriate). Un-vaxxed and never tested. You have considerably more individual freedom here than in the United States. The main reason for that is lack of government. The central government is weak, and the state and local governments barely function at all. The roads are more-or-less paved, and if you call 911 a fire truck eventually shows up, but other than that the government doesn't do much. There's just no money. And there is no greater threat to personal liberty than a well-funded government.
There were no vaccine mandates here in Mexico, that I know of. I think some of the universities required vaccinations to return to classes, but those students that opted out could simply continue their studies remotely / on-line. There certainly was none of the coercion here like there was in the United States. I also did not see nearly the level of panic here that I saw in the United States. And there was never any question of the government forcibly vaccinating people. The government is far too poor and weak for that, and the Mexican people would not go for it anyway. The Mexicans do not trust their government or their institutions to begin with, except for possibly the navy (which has a good reputation). The government's approach seems to be to leave health policies up to the individual states, make the vaccine available if people want it, and get on with life. I rarely hear anyone discussing covid or talking about vaccines. It's just not part of the daily dialogue. I did drive past a vaccination site this past Saturday and saw there was a large group of people queued up to get jabbed. And there a few advertisements here and there bleating, "Vacunate! Para ella!" (get vaccinated! for her!) showing a young person with a grandmother. So Mexico is definitely on-board with the covid/vax scam but the campaign seems to be in low gear, at least compared to the United States. Good luck.
The "get vaxxinated for the elderly" is a STRONG motivation here. I know a number of people who keep getting boosted so they don't infect their elderly parent.
Here's the catch: if your elderly parent is vaxxed, they can still catch and spread c0vid. If YOU are vaxxed, you can still catch and spread c0vid. If you are unvaxxed, you can still catch and spread c0vid. So the benefit of vaxxing is what again?
Oh yea. "It wasn't as bad."
Riiiight.
The vaxx is an excellent opportunity to die of adverse reaction for your health.
It's not a "vaxx." Just sayin. :)
How exactly does one "catch or spread" a bioweapon or 5G pulses? Okay, you could BREATHE a bioweapon, or get one in your water, maybe, or eat it in tainted food, etc. but...
I simply meant that I believe that c0vid19 was engineered in a lab, probably for nefarious purposes. That would mean it's a bioweapon.
The thing won't take me back to my comment, but I agree with you on that! Sorry if I misunderstood you. SARS COV II is patented. In my mind, there NO other reason for that unless it's Gain-of-Function. Maybe it's meant to be kind of mild, unless it's "activated" by EMF's, like 5G... this is something dancing through my brain, I don't know. But if they'd loosed a really bad bio-weapon on us, it might have tipped us off too soon... I know they've put a lot of planning into this... Anyway, cheers.
There is some evidence for spike protein shedding,I don't have the references now.
Why would you invent a bioweapon which was not capable of spreading by shedding?
I haven't figured out how to generate 5G pulses yet, but there are sufficient from the cell towers that I have not worried about autogeneration.
Two part bioweapon: covid and the vaxx.
And the third, EMF's.
It seems the EMF's, not just 5G, but any EMF, causes the metals in the jabs to sort of "assemble" and when they do, it somehow makes them sort of shred the insides of the blood vessels... Nice, eh? I have no knowledge of "autogeneration," but EMF's alone can feel like a case of the flu... There's also something causing a lot of weird clotting, long bits of white, plastic-looking substance pulled out of the blood vessels of corpses... Pretty freakin hideous.
Yes family super important and multigenerational living the norm. Certainly the kinniving way to do it there.
I live in Ensenada, Baja California. Like you, Corey, my impression is that people just aren't making Covid a super big deal here. Masks are no longer required anywhere. It used to be that you had to mask up to enter businesses. Machine temperature checks and hand sanitizer were everywhere. The government must have changed the risk assessment because that stuff is going away. Nobody here asks my vaxx status and I don't think I'd get hit with a tidalwave of judgement if they knew I was unvaxxed.
Mark my words: there will come a time when your unvaxxxed status will deem you a very wise person.
And an alive human.
I live in a similar country, but the gubmint did institute lockdowns, curfews, and forced vaxxxes for anyone going to ANY public space, like a grocery store. The only exception was a 3-day PCR which costs $85 here. $85 to go shop for food!
That said, they have recently done away with mandates, and nobody is getting vaxxxxed or boosted. There are supposedly millions of doses that expire in October.
We are not vaxxxed and want to visit, and eventually move back to my lifetime home state of FL. I am a US citizen so the Feebs vaxxx mandate exempts me. My wife is not vaxxxxed. Based on numerous unvaxxxed friends and family who have successfully traveled to the states since the mandate we will give a trip a try.
They have vax or testing mandates for entry into some European countries such as Portugal but nobody there gives a shit, nothing is ever checked. Same in Italy, we all got tested but nobody at the airport checked anything.
The German government was well funded since about 1960 due to high taxes and a strong economy. Personal freedom was very good until recently. The government pretty much left me alone throughout the first 40 years of my life, besides a mandate for kids to go to school for exactly 10 years, which I agree with. Parents could choose between state or private schools of many different varieties, lots of choices. No vaccine mandates existed at all until a measles shot mandate a few years ago. I always had good experiences with local government when I needed passports, driver license or some other document. The police was usually rather nice and not scary at all, everyone called them "friend and helper in green" (green uniforms), punishments were usually quite benign, you really had to fuck up badly and be a repeat offender to go to jail at all. I got caught with drugs repeatedly and charges were always dropped because of "no public interest to pursue an individual user". They basically just confiscated my stash and that was it, no entry into my criminal records. German government wasn't perfect but it worked well enough and left its citizens alone besides tax collection.
I am saying this because the funding doesn't seem the issue. People in Denmark and Finland are extremely happy with their governments and those governments are the best funded governments on earth. It is governments going crazy that is the problem.
This mirrors almost exactly my experience in the UK. I didn't even care to vote for 40 years, feeling I could affect my life better by spending the deliberation and voting time on myself, my career, etc. Voter apathy was real and increasing... maybe that was one of the contributing factors in all this?! It'd be terrible if we suffered just because the media and government wanted more attention.
I am deeply suspicious of anyone who does or feels they should be able to trust the government-- ANY government. Those two words simply do not belong together.
Thanks for the info. They’re going to have to seal the reverse border crossing.
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Jalisco has a jab mandate to enter restaurants, bars, etc. but the last time I was in Chapala a few months ago it was not at all enforced. Not sure if it is still in effect.
I went all over Mexico March April...
Yucatan
(Cancun etc.) Mask Nazis, shouted at at reception and restaurant. Poolside athletics all masked. Chin strapping picked up on instantly.
Tulum, more chilled, shops had a word but no shouting, hotel didn't enforce in reception, but did at restaurants, chin strapped was adequate. Temp check at 5star hotel restaurant.
Mexico City outdoor almost 95%+ compliance, they loved masks there.
Chihuahua, pretty laid back. Walmart entry got a temp check.
Chapala (Guadalajara) - not even locals wearing masks in seven eleven. Felt refreshing.
California Baja Sur. Mixed, fairly relaxed.
So the jabs might not go mandatory there, but masks ARE and NO Exceptions. In the UK I never wore a mask anywhere except trip to my transplant outpatients, cos I didn't want to scare the scared and wasn't worth the battle.
I have family in Ajijic and although most restaurants insisted on the ridiculous "mask up while walking to your table" nonsense, the only true covidian fanatics were the leftist gringos that have infested the place.
Chapala was the best. Had a killer seafood molcajete and not a mask in sight.
Mexico has its pros and cons. About 15 years ago I was interested enough in retiring there I read a few books and more importantly, took 5 different trips, each of several weeks, seeing everything including retirement meccas. In the end, I decided against, but that only means "for the present time." Residency is relatively easy to get. Or if you can't be bothered there are alternatives. One expat I interviewed found it easier to hire a local to take his passport down to the Honduran border and get it stamped every six months. 😁 That's another point to consider: you'd have to learn the more, ah, "informal" nature of government down there. Money talks, bribery is common. This might be good training for what a future America may be like, as our government slowly atrophies.
I spend a substantial amount of time down in the Lake Chapala area, and I find Mexico to be freer than the States in many respects.
Also, you can buy a large hacienda for what a small condo would cost you in Cali.
Down there, the bribery is called mordidas and is, as you say, "informal". As opposed to the U.S., where the bribery is legal and institutionalized.
There, everyone knows the government is a scam and its minions are on the take. Here, not so much.
I find Mexico an excellent option should events necessitate an involuntary relocation.
We thought long and hard about a move, just last year. We thoroughly researched Baja, including the "hidden gem of a town", Mulege (too humid, water getting stagnant) and Todos Santos (getting way too expensive, built up and touristy, filling up with rich American yuppies, Cabo encroaches, and we don't want to be part of the problem) and oh just about every little town. Friends have just up and moved to Mazatlan, they love it there. There are pros and cons. The cheap medical, ditto cost of living, even veterinary care. But then the gang wars are bad right now, everywhere. No different from many American cities, I hear you. I read the Mexico News Daily, the main newspaper for expats, to keep on top of things. Actually we are buried away in a sort of third world country in the wilds of NorCal, and we've planned a move to Texas for a long time. But despite the many, many yucky things about California, we are doing okay where we are, a huge house and garden with cheap rent by the grace of God, my work is rewarding, we have good ties in a tiny and very tight-knit community where, even if most don't share our conservative views and we have few real friends these days, people always pull together and help each other out when things get tough. We're here for the now. Much depends on the midterms, and the 2024 election. Should things get really bad, we will skedaddle, maybe to Mexico after all.
Another news source for expats is the Guadalajara Reporter, which many people in the Chapala / Ajijic area read.
An option I've considered is SE Alaska, specifically Prince of Wales Island. Very remote and you can buy land there with no government rent (a.k.a. property tax), much of it waterfront only accessible via boat.
Friends have a hunting/fishing camp there that is completely off-grid. Solar can be an issue given the cloud cover, but they have a year-round creek that provides not only fresh water but also hydro, so it is habitable year-round. Wind can also be a good option depending on the exposure.
Getting there and getting set up is definitely a chore, but the place is just spectacular, especially if you love crab, halibut, salmon and too many others to list.
It sounds just incredible, and I could easily live on seafood. And the sea is my natural habitat. My man loves Alaska, too - spent his army years in Homer, then did lots of bush piloting all over. He considered living there. Realistically, though, I just don't think I could stand the weather, I'm still too much of a tropical flower - maybe a couple months of the year if the black flies and hummingbird-sized mosquitoes cooperated. I wish I could divide my life into time there, back home in Hawai'i and maybe somewhere in the southern hemisphere (Costa Rica? El Salvadore?). A plane would be nice, but a pilot friend says the cost of jet fuel has him on the verge of retiring. Keep us posted if you strike out for the North.
Homer... That is my country.
My grandparents homesteaded the Kenai after WWII and I spent a large part of my childhood there. My father was a bush pilot and hunter/guide. He flew with Don Johnson. Perhaps that will ring a bell with your man. A gigantic Kodiak he bagged is still in the Kenai Municipal Airport.
Alaska is in my soul.
I love Hawai'i as well. In the dead of winter, when it was 40 below and dark for 21 hours, we would head to Maui, or my favorite, Kauai. The North Shore for me was as close to paradise as one could get. although the (old) Road to Hana is right up there.
Such a beautiful world.
If only we could be rid of the fly in the ointment.
I looked at pictures of POW, it is truly a stunning landscape. You're a sourdough from way back so I think you'd do fine there. More than fine.
Almost ANYWHERE can be heavenly if you live within your means and can quietly manage/work 'the system' to your benefit. There are good people everywhere, even in crusty industrial American towns full of boarded up strip malls and not much else. Look for the good and keep sharing some of your own!
Beautiful attitude and advice!
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A relaxed bribery sounds inviting as opposed to the formal confiscatory thievery we have here. What would an informal 1984 look like? Would O’Brien find employment teaching math?
Do you feel safe in MX? Are you allowed to bear arms?
We did, the gangs are not interested in gringos. Worth touring around IMHO. I posted a quick guide elsewhere on this thread, mainly about how they reacted with masks/policies.
I think that if you go to Mexico and walk over the border somewhere randomly with a bunch of Mexicans, you'll be welcomed and NEVER tested.
/only joking a little....
Would that be a math test or a covid test?
I was thinking the same thing
If you are in Canada and want to get to the US, make your way to Stewart B.C. then cross the border to Hyder AK. As of a few months ago, there were no thugs on either side to prevent crossing. From Hyder you can hire a boat or seaplane to parts unknown.
Also, Mexico requires neither proof of jab nor covid test to enter.
Good luck mate.
Good info, libertate! I expect a flood of Canadians will be looking to escape Turdeau's vaxx tyranny.
Substack, your new source of cross-border sneaks.
My guess is you could also get through in Ontario/ Sarnia via a boat on Lake St. Clair to enter Michigan.
I would think so, but am unfamiliar with that area.
West Coast lifer.
My reports are no one is actually checking vaxxx cards anymore at airports or US Immigration.
But do you need to show your vaxx card BEFORE you board the plane into the US?
Possibly by the airline clerk at check-in. That's where a fake card works, even an image on a cell phone, but not the QR code. As long as it's a decent, credible fake card done on actual approved card stock.
I am told by NUMEROUS non-vaxxxed people first hand that nobody follows up on any vaxxx card presented to them at the airport, especially from a non-first world location, and US Immigration does not check vaxxx status, especially during a rush push..
So if you can get to a non-first world country, like Mexico, Jamaica, Costa Rica or some other country, a fake card will work at the airport going to the US.
That said, you will have to have a travel visa to get into the US.
Where would you consider hunkering down in Mexico?
Need a substack ex pat community.
Personally, learning the lingo and getting authentically involved is my bag. But there are enclaves of expats, entire estates marketed at them and a Walmart plonked nearby. Might as well stay in Southern US IMHO.
Agree with getting involved. But wouldn’t mind expats around. No need for Walmart!!
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I’m with you. Duolingo is my new hangout.
Well, just fly to Mexico and walk across the border. Everyone else does and Joe doesn’t seem to mind.
I’m in Missouri: just completed your check list.
Ah, lots of very good Bug Out Locations in MO, AR, OK, esp. if you are wanting to bring your skills to a group. Many are faith-based, and this can work out well for like-minded folks. Going it alone after TEOTWAWKI will be extremely problematic, just in terms of security.
What’s TEOTWAWKI?
The End Of The World As We Know It.
Good advice, Doc Holliday (wish you were my dentist, with that name). Let me make a plug here. The Berkey is a brilliant water filter. You can use pond scum and it comes out sparkling clear. We have not tested this, but they claim it removes food coloring (dye) from water and leaves it clear. That's the level of purification I'm looking for. Highly, highly recommended. Did not know that Orcs could vote. This explains so much. https://www.usaberkeyfilters.com/product-category/berkey-water-filter-systems/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwlK-WBhDjARIsAO2sErSHNq-jznqhoAhXl5dOv0z9gg5KCQF6-dRqeivWTmpZbX_cnv7MSsAaApCdEALw_wcB
Nice.
I have a rather extensive collection of kit for overland expeditions which nicely also serves the SHTF scenario, including:
- GuzzleH20 Stream - https://www.guzzleh2o.com - Very portable, excellent purification.
- Lifesaver Jerrycan - https://iconlifesaver.com - Durable, no power/gas needed.
- Joolca Hottap v2 - https://www.joolca.com/products/hottap-v2 - never underestimate the utility of hot water.
Edit, forgot to mention:
- Vaast G-Series 18L Water system - https://vaast-explore.com.au/pages/g-series-water-tank - These rule. Solid mounting system, easily filled in situ, attach natively to the Joolca. Very good design.
Thanks for this excellent list. I'm a huge fan of clean water, both hot and cold. We have an RV that is almost 100% solar powered, will be both our escape vehicle and BOL in a SHTF scenario. Meanwhile, living in an extremely remote rural area, lots of farms, ranches and hunting/fishing opportunities, growing and preserving as much food as possible. The population is 99.9% armed, I'd venture to guess. Oh hell, make that 100%. Have just this past year turned an entire room in the house over to food storage. The new dehydrator arrives today, just in time for the plum harvest! Hooray!!
When furious hungry mobs of leftists start torching the Bay Area, I'm heading up your way with full kit.
You would be most welcome. It's not Shangri-La, or even Brigadoon, but it's well hidden - "Nature's Hideaway" is an old name. Rumor has it that Butch Cassidy hung out in these parts, I can believe it. Still very much the wild west, LEO is more than an hour away (and they don't come unless there's bodies) but with the collapse of the cannabis market about 3/4 of the cartel has left. Some are sticking around to try one more season, but by this time next year we think the cartel foot soldiers and carpetbaggers will have moved on. This is a good thing, and we'll weather the economic storm. But you should still pack some heat. We think this is going to be a good place to be for SHTF. We can blow up the bridges, if necessary, and the presence of the tribe will guarantee the relatively swift restoration of goods and services to some degree. We hope. Lots of deer, elk and wild pig. There's a nice shot of our valley in this scary montage - https://www.courier-journal.com/in-depth/news/crime/2021/12/17/mexican-drug-cartels-move-in-on-californias-shadow-marijuana-industry/6036056001/
Many thanks.
I love it up there. As I've mentioned, Usal is one of my favorite places on the planet, and where I would likely head first.
Fresh water creek/river, fishing, game and decent defensibility
Lotsa of wild people up here, a few Karens in the towns but outside of that, it's pretty much live and let live. There is much to wildcraft, too, including wild watercress at Usal - be careful not to eat it raw, as there are liver flukes.
I prefer my liver flukes well done, thanks very much. ;-)
With fava beans and a nice Chianti! I learned about these after consumed several handfuls of raw watercress. I did not seem to take any harm, guess it was a fluke! ;>b
We will be hiding in the Swiss mountains if SHTF in Germany. Without natural gas from Russia, this will likely happen this winter.
Thanks, I will definitely add this to my collection.
Doc Holliday is my nom de plume but, like him, I am indeed a dentist. Who knows, the way this show is unfolding, it could also be my nom de guerre...
Keahi is my Hawaiian name and my pomme de terre...
Ditto on the berkey - love ours! Also enjoyed your comment on Doc Holliday, agree there also!🤠
I just purchased one hours ago, got a rain barrel as well
I love your insightful, humorous, & accurate commentary, Doctor! May I make an apptmnt to heft your 6gun?
Hard to get an appointment, Doc's a busy guy. He's drilling me at high noon, just so you know.
Threaten him with air superiority.
Thank you, Paul. When you call to make an appointment, tell 'em Gato sent you and get 50% off root canals...
That is indeed a most generous offer! I haven’t been to a dentist for almost two years because I have refused to worship the image of the golden Covidocrasy in the plain of Dura as a prerequisite.
Sorry to hear you're behind the Covid curtain. Via con dios, Paul.
It goes away when we say it does.