Super Fricken Deal on my Favorite Submersible Pump – Get it NOW!

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So as you guys know I do a ton with aquatics/aquaponics.  Over the years I tried a lot of pumps and have settled on Danner for life expectancy.  Yea you have to clean them more often than a dirty water pump but they last for years if maintained.

Today someone happened to ask about some equipment recommendations and was going to buy a pump I recommended years ago “Lanchez Dirty Water”, it is a good pump but tends to crap out at 18-24 months in my experience.  I recommended he look at the Danner and gave him recommendations on the other stuff he asked for.  (sponge filters, air pumps, etc.)

When I looked up the Danner for him the first thing I did was order one as a second back up to keep on the shelf.  I use this pump in ALL my large systems (all 4 of them) so I keep one on the shelf incase of a problem at all times.  This pump I have bought quite a few of, the last time I ordered one for the shelf it was 130 dollars.  Right now it is 80 bucks.

See why I ordered one?  That is 50 bucks off and I consider it the top value in pumps at this level at full price, it is why I personally standardized.

You want the best deal I have seen on a larger pump, GET THIS ONE NOW.  Look at what happened the the slightly larger one (3000 GPH) it went up from 150ish to 200!

Here it the thing, I can’t link directly to it on Amazon for some reason, so here is how to find it.  Go to this link,

Danner Manufacturing, Inc. Pondmaster Waterfall/Skimmer Pump 2000 GPH, 02650

It should be the first item after any sponsored links.  Again I have 4 of these running, I have one on the shelf as a spare and at this price I am going to now have two back ups, two is one and one is none.  Now you guys likely don’t have 4 large systems so you may only want one back up.  At this price get one.

If you run a larger system already and don’t have a back up, get a back up, if not you will have a big problem not if but when your pump dies. If you need a back up even if you are on another pump unless you are in love with it, GET THIS NOW.

SPECIAL NOTE – if you are on a different pump and end up having to swap out, you may need different fittings, etc.  If so get that all set up BEFORE YOU NEED IT.  This is why I have standardized on two pumps.  This one for my large systems and the Active Aqua for all small systems or other needs.  If a pump dies as long as I have a back up, swap time is 1-3 minutes.  More on this in todays IOTD on air segment.

Let’s Just Blow Up Belief Systems Today Part Two – Epi-3090

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Today we are going to discuss a ton of things and blow up at least a few of everyone’s belief systems.  This will include things about politics, crypto currency, agriculture, nutrition, health and more.  No matter how long you have been listening to TSPC, be it 14 days or 14 years, something for you will be blown up today.

Todays Subjects Include…

Part One

  • Let’s talk about Bitcoin Lightning and how you can use it right now
    1. With the exodus wallet – link to video
    2. With a “lightning address” based on email, yes indeed  –
      1. link to Lightning Address website
      2. Lightning Tip Bot on TeleGram
  • A graphic showing all the farmland that is suitable for “highly intensive farming” and what it really says – link
  • What really pushed me all the way to anarchism, the willing belief by “our side” in actual “disinformation” – article one – article two – My Response to the Ag Bill Claims in Australia
  • Could bitcoin force a change to our “tax system” if so how and would it matter – link
  • The real lesson in the documentary 2000 Mules, why you should watch it and why most get the wrong ideas after they do – link
  • Are homesteads really “right wing hippy compounds”, sorta kinda and and what does right wing mean today
  • Another reason to take your fricken Bitcoin off the damn exchanges – link 

 

Part Two

  • No we don’t need a fricken “Elon Phone” we need dozens of options for “mobile devices” – link
  • No Argentina did not “ban crypto” but what did happen shows how scared the IMF and World Bank are – link
  • The Ruble is the best preforming currency in March of 2022, what this says about our sanctions – link 
    • If Kyiv is so dangers why are U2, Jill Biden and Justin Trudeau in Kyiv – link
    • Despite what you are being told, the US is now Bagdad Bob, Ukraine forces are being destroyed by Russia – link
  • The thing I miss the most about the early days of TSPC and I wonder if it is my fault, yes I am serious
  • An update to the supplements I take and todays IOTD – link

 

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Let’s Just Blow Up Belief Systems Today Part One – Epi-3089

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Today we are going to discuss a ton of things and blow up at least a few of everyone’s belief systems.  This will include things about politics, crypto currency, agriculture, nutrition, health and more.  No matter how long you have been listening to TSPC, be it 14 days or 14 years, something for you will be blown up today.

Todays Subjects Include…

Part One

  • Let’s talk about Bitcoin Lightning and how you can use it right now
    1. With the exodus wallet – link to video
    2. With a “lightning address” based on email, yes indeed  –
      1. link to Lightning Address website
      2. Lightning Tip Bot on TeleGram
  • A graphic showing all the farmland that is suitable for “highly intensive farming” and what it really says – link
  • What really pushed me all the way to anarchism, the willing belief by “our side” in actual “disinformation” – article one – article two – My Response to the Ag Bill Claims in Australia
  • Could bitcoin force a change to our “tax system” if so how and would it matter – link
  • The real lesson in the documentary 2000 Mules, why you should watch it and why most get the wrong ideas after they do – link
  • Are homesteads really “right wing hippy compounds”, sorta kinda and and what does right wing mean today
  • Another reason to take your fricken Bitcoin off the damn exchanges – link 

 

Part Two

  • No we don’t need a fricken “Elon Phone” we need dozens of options for “mobile devices” – link
  • No Argentina did not “ban crypto” but what did happen shows how scared the IMF and World Bank are – link
  • The Ruble is the best preforming currency in March of 2022, what this says about our sanctions – link 
    • If Kyiv is so dangers why are U2, Jill Biden and Justin Trudeau in Kyiv – link
    • Despite what you are being told, the US is now Bagdad Bob, Ukraine forces are being destroyed by Russia – link
  • The thing I miss the most about the early days of TSPC and I wonder if it is my fault, yes I am serious
  • An update to the supplements I take and todays IOTD – link

 

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Solaray Zinc Copper Amino Acid Chelates – Item of the Day

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Special Note – For the dot gov, I am MAKING NO HEALTH CLAIMS on this SUPPLEMENT.  I am just telling you the logic behind why I chose it and why I take it.  Do your own research and always check with your health care provider about any supplement or drug for risks, counter indications, etc.

Product Update – Rather than rewrite what I say below, because it all still stands I wanted to update how I use this product along with quercetin and others supplements now in 2022.
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First on zinc and quercetin I now take 1 capsule of my chosen brand of quercetin a day, not the higher doses I did during CoVid’s peak.  Additionally I hugely cut back my over all supplementation.  I now take what are considered large and “dangerous” doses of D3 and K2, you can learn more about that on this episode of TSPC.  I take a single good quality multi vitamin daily, supplemental magnesium and I use Sacred 7 Mushroom Powder.
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This is all part of my personal health upside from CoVid.  While I consider it the most over blown and literally fake threat to mankind in modern history, it did make me do a ton of research.  I find the above regiment to be affordable, easy to maintain and to be a great way to improve health, immunity and natural resistance.
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All my decisions are based on hard science and my own research, they should not be considered and are not medical advice.   I will talk about this more today on episode #3089.

Also if you want all the info I have on D3 and K2 along with the 3 best books on these subjects, see this Episode of Miyagi Mornings.

Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.

Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is Solaray Zinc Copper Amino Acid Chelates.  I have always known that zinc is a vital mineral for human health and hence always made sure my multi vitamins have included a highly absorbable form or zinc.  Then in 2020 when CoVid hit I did a lot of research about exactly what the science says about how zinc helps us with immune functions.

It turned out the primary way was by getting zinc into our cells.  That when zinc is inside the cell our scientific research indicates that it slows the replication of many viruses and even some other things such as some types of cancer cells.  The issue was even very absorbable zinc does a poor job of getting inside our cell walls.  This led me to find quercetin as a natural ionophore for zinc, with proven scientific that it does in fact work as an ionophore.  Meaning it opens a path way and gets zinc into the cell.

Quercetin is a commonly available health supplement and there are many good sources of it, I settled on this one, but any should be fine if made by a quality manufacturer.  So the next step was find zinc for daily use.  The recommendations I kept finding for immune boosting were 50mg per day.  There were a ton of options of quality zinc, so I didn’t really worry much about brand.

Along the way an MD from the TSPC audience reached out and told me something I didn’t know.  This fact is EASY to confirm but you generally don’t find it unless you specifically know to research it.  Tons of medical sites run by professionals recommend zinc and leave this part out, you need to supplement copper if you daily supplement zinc.  The reason is copper and zinc compete for absorption in the gut and copper is a necessary mineral for many functions in your body.  So experts recommend for every 50mg of zinc you include 2mg of copper.

Given this is common medical knowledge I figured there’d be tons of options, there may be but on Amazon I only found one that was also a long known manufacturer of supplements.  That one was of course Solaray Zinc Copper Amino Acid Chelates.  I have now been using it for about 8 months and I am grateful to the Doctor that made me aware of the need for copper with zinc supplementation.

Again I am not making any health claims that this product will treat, cure or prevent a disease.  What I am saying is that it is known science that zinc inside your cells reduces the replication of many viruses, specifically those that are mRNA based such as CoVid-SARs-2 and variants there of.  I am also stating that it is known science that an ionophore such as quercetin is needed even when supplementing zinc to get it inside the cell walls.  Lastly that when supplementing zinc daily the science says you should also supplement copper.  And further that research has shown that zinc inside the cell has even impeded the replication of certain types of cancer cells.

From that point I invite you to do your own research and make your own decisions.  Then if you decide you want to supplement zinc, I do think you should put Solaray Zinc Copper Amino Acid Chelates at the top of your list for brands to consider.

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Nick Ferguson on the Shifting Mood of Society – Epi-3088

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On Episode 3088 of The Survival Podcast we are joined by my close personal friend Nick Ferguson of the Expert Council and Home Grown Liberty.  We actually have Nick with me in the TSPC Studio today.  Nick is a long time permaculture consultant who has been doing on site and remote consultations since 2014.

In the past two years he has noticed a significant shift in the motivation, urgency and over all mood of his clients.  Today we discuss that along with the social, economic and supply chain issues that are driving this shift, along with what it means and what can be done about it.

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Expert Council Q&A for 5-5-22 – Epi-3087

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Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on non intervention, building locally, permaculture for flood zones, home school, wood mulch, feeding livestock, water filters and more.

Make sure if you submit content for an expert council show you do the following….

      1. Email it to me at jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com
      2. Put TSPC Expert in the subject line
      3. Ask you question and state the expert you have the question for in one coherent sentence
      4. Hit the return key a few times and then give all the details you think are necessary

 

Following that procedure makes it about 100X more likely your question will get though screening and sent on to one of our experts.  All expert council members can be found on the Meet the Expert Council Page.

Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…

  • In the Ron Paul Liberty Highlights
    • Why a true Pro America position is staying out of the Russia/Ukraine War – Dan McAdams & Dr. Paul
    • While empires collapse, think and act local – Chris Rossini
  • Dealing with erosion in flood plane – Geoff Lawton
  • Why you don’t need to worry about “your child’s future options” as a home school parent – Amy Dingman
  • An update on dogs, their training and recovery from injury – Nicole Sauce
  • Using “arborist wood chips” for mulch – Nick Ferguson
  • Long term storage of pig and other livestock feed – Darby Simpson
  • Filtering water on the trail and the skinny on the “sawyer squeeze” – Jessica “Dixie” Mills
  • “There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare”. ~ Sun Tzu – Analysis by Jack

 

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Heads Up on a Hell of a Deal on a Bad Ass Briggs & Stratton Inverter Generator

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NOTE – This deal has expired.  If/when it returns I will let you know.

If you asked me my biggest mistake when I got into prepping I would say it was that I did not instantly buy a large powerful generator.  I corrected that really fast and over the years I have to say the prep in my life that has paid off the most times has been my generators.  Storms happen, electric companies underestimating a cold snap happen, trucks and back hoes hit power poles and lines.

Now this particular generator is not cheap and it is not something everyone should run out and buy just because, but I am bringing this to you today because this deal is so damn good.  This is the Briggs & Stratton P4500 Power Smart Series Inverter Generator which has 4500 starting watts and 3700 running watts.  This means it is not going to even stutter running two refrigerators, your TV and a bunch of lights along with a fan.  If you run your fridge on and off you can easily run a portable AC perhaps two, in a room or zone of your house during a power outage.

It is not super quiet but it is far more quiet then a lot of generators in this class.  Big thing is this generator is $797 right now with free shipping.  Retail is listed as 1299 bucks on Amazon and this generator typically retails with a street price in the mid 1100-1200 dollar range.  And in fact is listed for that amount right now at Home Depot. In any event this generator has only been this low a few other times on Amazon.  Last time was almost a year ago.

I would rank the Briggs Inverter Generators just under Honda Inverter Generators.  Is the Honda better?  Yes. Will you care?  Assuming you maintain your generator I don’t think you will.

Now let me explain the value that represents.  A Honda EU3000 Series Generator will set you back about 1800 bucks.  Again just to be clear I am not saying the Briggs is as good as the Honda, but the Briggs puts out more running watts (about 700 to be exact).  It is reasonable on noise levels at 60dBA, the EU3000 from Honda comes in at 57dBA not a huge difference.

Gas usage is similar and Briggs is not some chop shop product with no support and a bad reputation.  All in I am going to rate this Generator at about 90% as good on quality as the Honda Equivalent for 40% of the price.  And it provides 35% more energy output as well again for 40% of the price. That is a hell of a price to value ratio. You really want me to kill the Honda EU3000?  Here is the death blow, you could buy two of these Briggs Generators for 1670 dollars.

Then you would have two generators with a total output of 7400 total running watts.  You have redundancy if one goes bad or if one is needed elsewhere.  And you have still spent 1400 less dollars!  That buys of lot of other prepping gear and enough gas to easily coast though a very long black out.  I know people rave on the Honda’s, but when I do a cost analysis like this on them, I would never recommend you buy one unless here it comes, you hate money!

Always be frugal, never be cheap!

The only reason that I am not getting this generator at this price for myself is I already have 3 generators and frankly every time this one goes on sale I am tempted to own four.  The deal is that good.

So I am again not saying everyone should drop 899 bucks on this thing today this deal is good but it isn’t buy one even if you don’t need one good.  I am saying if you have not yet acquired a powerful generator for your preps and have been waiting for a deal, this is a DAMN good deal.  They do not get much better than this one.

When I ran this last time it went this low it got the official Shawn Mills “buy it now” seal of approval!

I personally believe in pairing up a larger generator with at least one small inexpensive one as a back up.  This generator for most people would qualify fine as your “big generator” within my recommendations.  I ran this item today simply because it is one of the best prices I have seen on it.  I don’t know if this deal will last very long or not.

What I can say is when it drops under 900 bucks it does not tend to stay that cheap for very long.  And frankly think about the fact that this item ships free on prime.  900 bucks delivered to your door.  When your next black out happens, will you be ready?

Simply put if this deal works for you don’t wait in the words of Shawn Mills from out Expert Council, “buy it now”.

 

Raising, Butchering and Cooking Rabbits with Nick DePuy – Epi-3086

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Nick is a homesteader and soon-to-be retired Air Force E-6 that raises rabbits for food and showing. He got started about 10 years ago and has made tons of mistakes in housing, breeding and butchering and wants to share his experiences with us today.

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First Tuesday Chat with Jack, John & Nicole – Episode – 3085

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This was our third “First Tuesday Fireside Chat” with myself, Nicole Sauce (LFTN) and John Willis (SOE Tactical Gear). These talks will be about the general state of the world and what we can do to make our lives better during them.

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Davidson’s Earl Grey Bulk Tea – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.

Today’s TSP Item of the day Davidson’s Earl Grey Bulk Tea.  Davidson’s has some of the best deals in organic teas on the market if you buy bulk.  This tea is wonderful and can be brewed with either a french press or simple tea infuser.  If you prefer your tea in a conventional tea bag Davidson’s does make this same tea in bag form, you can find that here.

So what is Earl Grey Tea other than the favorite toddy for Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Star Trek universe.  Earl Grey tea is a tea blend which has been flavored with the addition of oil of bergamot.  Bergamot is a variety of orange.  This citrus fruit is often grown in Italy and France. The rind’s fragrant oil is added to Black tea to give Earl Grey its signature pungent punch. So you would think the favor would be orange like.

It really isn’t, to me the addition of bergamot oil creates a velvety feel and a flavor that is more like well, bee balm than anything else I can think of.  I am not sure but I think this may be why bee balm is also called “wild bergamot”.  As clearly an orange and a member of the mint family are completely unrelated, the similar property of each in tea is the only reason I can see for the commonality of the name.

Anyway I love this tea for its flavor, and I love Davidson’s for their value.  You get a full pound of 100% organic tea for about 15 bucks.  One teaspoon of tea makes a cup, so let’s just say that is a lot of cups of “Tea, Earl Grey, Hot” to go though.   Anyway I make this tea at two teaspoons to full french press batch which is two large cups.  As that is more than two 8 ounce cups I do my spoons heaped just a bit.  Pour over boiling water from my electric kettle and let steep for 3 minutes.

Now here is why I love a french press for tea.  At three minutes when you push down the plunger, you are effectively separating the tea from the water, so your tea will not become too strong or overly tannic.  I then sweeten with lakonto (perhaps honey once a week) and at times enjoy a bit of lemon with it as well.

So give this stuff a try, it does have caffeine but far less than coffee.  If you want a decaf version they have that too but I don’t really care for decaffeinated teas myself.  Caffeine free is one thing, decaffeinated is another.  So check out Davidson’s Earl Grey Bulk Tea today and I think you will enjoy it even more that Captain Picard does, I mean this is the real deal not some phony baloney replicated knock off.

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