Wednesday miscellany

by M.D. Creekmore on March 13, 2013 · 108 comments

1. Your tax dollars at work – Feds Spend $1.5 Million to Study Why Lesbians Are Fat : “The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $1.5 million to study biological and social factors for why “three-quarters” of lesbians are obese and why gay males are not, calling it an issue of “high public-health significance.”

2. Obama agency rules Pepsi’s use of aborted fetal cells in soft drinks constitutes ‘ordinary business operations’ : “The Obama Administration has given its blessing to PepsiCo to continue utilizing the services of a company that produces flavor chemicals for the beverage giant using aborted human fetal tissue.”

3. Wary of Attack With Smallpox, U.S. Buys Up a Costly Drug : “The United States government is buying enough of a new smallpox medicine to treat two million people in the event of a bioterrorism attack, and took delivery of the first shipment of it last week.”

4. Senate Democrats’ budget includes nearly $1 trillion in new taxes : “The first budget from Senate Democrats in four years includes nearly $1 trillion in new taxes but would not balance the budget.”

5. Coin Hoarding Idea: Nickels : “Is now the time to start hoarding nickels? You never know when the metal content will exceed the face value.” Find out how to save and store Nickels here and Too Poor for Silver and Gold.

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108 comments… read them below or add one

Penny Pincher March 13, 2013 at 9:21 am

1. Sheesh, could it be because they hate themselves?
2. Gross! I make my own soda with sugar and yeast and herbs/fruit
3. HUZZAH!
4. Which 2 million people?
5. Not surprised
6. Yep! (jingle jingle)

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Sw't Tater March 13, 2013 at 6:07 pm

….never liked pepsi…
….their two million… chosen people,..who can be easily led..it won’t be for people who try to be self sufficient.
…small pox in every strain is caused by a virus!.
…..know and know how to use anti-virals…everlasting ? ginger? garlic,? onions? many others

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Mother Earth March 13, 2013 at 10:14 am

Seriously MD! You just ruined my life long love of Pepsi! I could keep my blinders on until now…crap! By the way. Thank you for posting this even though I’m having a temper tantrum!

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Rob Crawford March 13, 2013 at 11:06 am

I suspect it’s a long, long chain of lies that leads to that “naturalnews” story. That site appears to be on par with MSNBC in its accuracy.

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Mystery Guest March 13, 2013 at 12:04 pm

Rob Crawford
I would only trust any about half, and even the ones I trust. Then I would question all of what I have left.

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JRS March 13, 2013 at 6:11 pm

This is a very misleading story. If you read down to near the end it states that the fetal cells are not in the actual drink, but used in the testing of the product. Poor reporting.

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T.R. March 13, 2013 at 8:27 pm

Awwwwwww dont let it stop ya .

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worrisome March 13, 2013 at 10:15 am

2. I just gave up on Pepsi……………
6. Been saving nickels for 10 years………….

The stupidness of our federal government knows no bounds. Studying lesbian eating habits or the latest I heard, feeding Cocaine to quail to study if messes up their breeding habits…………..Just more symptoms of the same problem………..and we continue to vote the same creatures and wonder why we have this problem………….doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result………well y’all know that one.

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Mike March 13, 2013 at 10:19 am

#1 – did they come to the conclusion that fat women turn lesbian because they can’t get a man? My boss was just telling me that one yesterday. How true or relevant any of it is, I don’t know.

On a similar issue, I met a woman a few years back whom the Canadian government paid to study squirrel sexual patterns. I’d say they were healthy considering the number of those rodents running around. That being said, where’s my $750,000 grant money?????

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AnnieMac March 13, 2013 at 11:32 am

Women do not *turn into* lesbians. C’mon guy.

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Mystery Guest March 13, 2013 at 12:10 pm

Annie Mac
It is indeed a “lifestyle”. So they do make a choice. And the term “turn into” is spot on.

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AnnieMac March 13, 2013 at 12:44 pm

AYFKM? Pardon me sir/madam but your ignorance, bias and bigotry is showing. Jus sayin.

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Backwoods Prepper March 13, 2013 at 1:50 pm

BIGOTRY? I guess I am!! Thats what wrong with this world today they have outlawed religion and god. But they made homosexuality,porn,marijuana and other morally corupt act legal. Bigot I don’t think so Some of us still have Morals.

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Mike K March 13, 2013 at 3:01 pm

Marijuana is immoral? I’d check Genesis 1:29 again. It’s god-given medicine.

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Backwoods Prepper March 13, 2013 at 5:51 pm

Only ignorance would tell you to comment on that. I know the difference between getting high and the medicenal value of it. Now can you guess what I’m talking about.

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Sw't Tater March 13, 2013 at 6:09 pm
Mike K March 13, 2013 at 12:52 pm

Nope. It’s biological. Homosexuality is about attraction, not behavior and that attraction is biological. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121211083212.htm

Guys. There are better things for us to be doing than fighting the acceptance of gays in society.

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Mike March 13, 2013 at 1:18 pm

I have a friend who was convinced it was a choice. I then turned it around on him that he must have chosen to be a heterosexual. Now, think of sex with another man. Disgusting, right? That’s a PRIMAL reaction.

Now, think of the homosexuals who were beaten and persecuted. If it was a choice, why would you choose a path that gets you beaten and persecuted? Really.

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Mike K March 13, 2013 at 3:05 pm

+1 you can get stoned to death in Iran if people think you’re a dude who likes to kiss dudes. :-(

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pj March 18, 2013 at 12:23 am

Christians make that choice. Other religions, too. Beaten, persecuted, killed. Because of a choice.

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T.R. March 13, 2013 at 11:37 pm

Thats true , they will part of the purge after the revolution , along with any leftists .

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Mike March 13, 2013 at 1:16 pm

Yup. That one there was meant to be a ‘tongue in cheek’ statement.

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T.R. March 13, 2013 at 8:29 pm

Its defective genetics ……….needs to be cured .

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Petticoat Prepper March 13, 2013 at 10:19 am

#1 “…women of minority sexual orientation…” some how we have got to re-claim the language. There must be a cubicle that produces nothing but brain washing verbage!

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MikeM March 13, 2013 at 1:37 pm

Does that mean they like black americans or does it mean they like little kids? Oh I get it, they have a sexual attraction that is uncommon – they think Steve Buscemi is cute. Either way we know they like cupcakes.

I’m with you on the language thing. I don’t mind though, it’s an easy and useful way to figure out who to ignore. You hear a doozy like “women of minority sexual attraction” and you know you can stop listening unless you feel like getting yourself all worked up or you’re looking for a laugh.

Do the right thing…

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Petticoat Prepper March 13, 2013 at 4:31 pm

Yep, I generally stop listening. I’m just pretty fed up with the PC stuff. I guess I should start referring to myself as ‘vertically challanged’ or ‘a woman of minority height’ …

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Sirius March 13, 2013 at 6:29 pm

Going along with the PC thread… Does that make my dog a Canine-American? Is he of a “minority sexual attraction” because he likes to lick his own butt?

And yes, I meant that tongue-in-cheek.

“SMACK” Ow! Bad pun, baaad pun.

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T.R. March 13, 2013 at 8:33 pm

Im a Confederate American .

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joe March 13, 2013 at 9:53 pm
SW March 14, 2013 at 9:01 pm
Petticoat Prepper March 13, 2013 at 10:49 pm

ROTFL too much dog groomer humor!!!!

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SW March 14, 2013 at 9:03 pm

I guess that would make me horizontally challenged… or wait… I’m not challenged… I’m good with my horizontal growth LOL

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riverrider March 13, 2013 at 10:30 am

fat lesbians? and tdl says he can’t cut one penny, huh? last night on hannity, a senator said they spend 980 million on obamaphones. many (40%) went to people not eligible, some were dead, some got 30 or more phones. one “lady” said she pays for a good iphone/plan, but keeps an obamaphone as a backup. we all pay for it, its tacked on to the phonebill. grrrrr! greta and her guests pointed out billions in waste inside of an hour. but tdl is closing national parks……just one word for that, but i shouldn’t say it.

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Sw't Tater March 13, 2013 at 6:20 pm

several words and phrases COULD apply…to persons who do things that are against this country… but, pretend to be abiding by the law of the land…..
.wasteful,irresponsible,,
I am not a wordsmith, these can get you started on private lists.

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axelsteve March 13, 2013 at 10:45 am

maybe fat women go lesbian since that is too nasty for the average man? I had a couple of lesbian neighbors years ago and 1 was definitally the man role with the tattoos and belt knife and she wore flannel shirts.What angers me is spending tax dollars on such research.

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AnnieMac March 13, 2013 at 11:35 am

And I’ll bet she could kick your a**.
Really folks. Do you think only straight people are preppers? Survivalists? Good people? Let’s put away the homophobe hate and concentrate on treating our neighbors as we would like to be treated.

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Mystery Guest March 13, 2013 at 12:15 pm

AnnieMac
Where do you get that all is a “homophobe hate”? I and others do not hate them we do not agree with them. Big difference.
And who wants to kick someone’s a**?

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AnnieMac March 13, 2013 at 12:47 pm

I’m guessing you do….

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Mystery Guest March 13, 2013 at 1:39 pm

AnnieMac
You guessed wrong.

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SurvivorDan March 13, 2013 at 4:13 pm

Whatever blows your skirt up. Though I would not assume that someone is a lesbian and therefore not available to me because she is overweight.
Fortunately, I can detect a lesbian inside of two minutes.
When a woman turns me down there can only be one explanation……….lesbian.

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SurvivorDan March 13, 2013 at 4:17 pm

OK! That was a joke because I can’t believe the direction of this thread. If you are a lesbian or gay and a prepper and a Wolfpack member then you are my associate with common goals.
The enemy of my enemy (ignorance/Feds) is my friend and ally.
We all have different, sometimes very strongly held, beliefs on the subject. I put aside my biases for the greater good of our community.
Keep preppin’ !!!

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anniemac March 13, 2013 at 5:40 pm

My kinda man. :)

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Ghost March 13, 2013 at 4:52 pm

@ AnnieMac

Don’t hate them, but I do laugh at them, often in their face. I’ve been a “real” man for many years. It ain’t any easier than I suppose being a “real” woman is.

When I see some mixed up/butched up woman trying to play at what they will never be, I laugh because they are pathetic.

Keep you flip’n sex life to yourself, ……………….gone

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Petticoat Prepper March 13, 2013 at 4:52 pm

Nope, no homophobe hate. I had a lesbian couple as neighbors for many years. They were great neighbors, oddly enough both were over weight, which I attributed to all the fast food they ate.

My complaint is the verbage used in the story, let’s not give minority status based on sexual orientation (PC brain washing). Plus the money being thrown at it, $1.5 MILLION after all….we do have starving children to feed, turtles that need tunnels, windmills to build and guns to confiscate…..

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Sw't Tater March 13, 2013 at 6:52 pm

This is my last post on this theme today, This discussion..IS in order because each of us have to determine what kind of behavior we accept as normal, and want displayed before us and our children.
If an attitude is hard for you to be around, it would be in the entire group’s best interest, to keep those persons on the fringe, of your outreach, because of emotional stress…alone.
…God created Adam and Eve..and placed them in the garden. He instructed them to be fruitful and multiply. He gave man and woman what they needed for life, and it was “very good”.( Gen 1:27-31) I guess God’s way isn’t “good enough ” for some.
Positions on this matter may give some clarity, to positions some take, and it’s essential to know person’s positions on multiple matters, you choose to have in your group. It may affect physical, emotional and spiritual health of the entire group.
( If any person has a value in your group that does not live by your ideals, then it would be wise to make some provision for their privacy to practice those beliefs, whether religious or in other matters of life)
….All need to know beforehand know how EVeryone will be expected to behave in times of close/ dependent living..
I choose to have those who have similar beliefs in our circle of friends. This does tend to eliminate most persons who claim to follow..”an alternate lifestyle”.
I don’t like to have others lack of values shoved down my throat, and try treat others in like manner. This would involve some in my family who are too lazy to hit a lick at a snake.

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Encourager March 13, 2013 at 7:12 pm

Very good reply, Sw’t Tater. And I agree with you. When SHTF, there are certain relatives that will NOT be welcome in our group, mainly because the choices they have made in the past reflect on the well-being of the entire group. I have a relative-by-marriage who is a pedophile. After years of getting away with this behavior, all the females in the family started talking at a family reunion. Good thing he wasn’t there or he would have been hanging from the nearest tree. Every single female said they had been molested by him! Every one! That is at least 12 cousins, nieces, sisters. Some were very young (one was 4 when he touched her the first time) and some were 18 (me and one other woman). He didn’t care, he was a law unto himself. Because of the laws in this state, he could not be prosecuted at such a late date. Also banned is his wife, who knew he was molesting their daughter and let him. She also kicked this child out of their home when she was 14 and threatened to turn him into the police. 14 and on her own! She shuffled around from relative to relative and is in her 40′s today and still a mess.

The point I am trying to make is we have to choose who we have around us for the sake of everyone. Those whose lifestyles do not mesh with our own are on their own. And if anyone turns out to be living a deviant lifestyle while here during TEOTWAWKI they will either die by group choice or forced to leave. Sounds harsh, but you must address this issue within your group of survivors.

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Sw't Tater March 13, 2013 at 10:46 pm

We had an old man in our family that we were finally able to stop..He pinched all the women on the top or bottom,One day I called him out..I told him He was married to____ and if he wanted to pinch someone go pinch her. ____heard part of the exchange and said,” What did you say?” I had no trouble repeating it, her response was “You listen here OLD Man!”..stopped. His last event was in a care center, He was 90 and pinched an old lady, she knocked him down with her cane. He broke his hip. Never recovered from the injury.
So men let that be a lesson, Don’t pinch a little old lady with a cane!…:>)

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Tactical G-Ma March 13, 2013 at 8:51 pm

Sw’t Tater,
Sometimes DH and I play “What if”. What if we were to buy 300 or so acres and advertise for 12 or so couples or families to be employed by us in a homesteading environment. What would our list of qualifications and specifications be. We came to the conclusion that we would look for people with the same core values as us. Like every human being alive or dead we have faced temptations, questioned our upbringings, maybe even been a little inquisitive…I never inhaled:-) But…
There are things we believe are right and wrong. We want to socialize with and live around people with similar thinking.
What disturbs me is that our National Institute of Health granted these funds for something that serves so few of our citizens. And that although some things may be legal, doesn’t make them right and too many people seem to think being actively homosexual is okay. Do fat ugly women become deviant or do deviant women become fat and ugly…it is an offense to me and a waste of my money.

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KP89DC March 13, 2013 at 9:13 pm

Very well put Tactical G-Ma. I agree that in order to be succesful you need to surround yourself with like minded people. Nothing will ever be perfect but it will redude the stress and fatigue that everyone will be facing. I’m the keeper of my “castle” and only those I choose get to cross the “moat”.

Molon Labe

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Tactical G-Ma March 13, 2013 at 9:35 pm
Petticoat Prepper March 13, 2013 at 10:54 pm

+me! My moat, my preps and my views. You do yours and I won’t squawk about your moat etc.

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Sw't Tater March 13, 2013 at 11:05 pm

The “fat” thing bothers me, I was morbidly obese at one time, I was ridiculed most of my life, because I was always different..what I wore, my weight, wore those cat glasses,…it was always something… and my weight is still something I have to give special heed to, even tho I lost more than 100 lbs.
Metabolism is controlled by many things, not just what is taken in..and the government making more rules to enforce, will not make the entire nation slender to their specifications.
They are just wasting money on so many things, but consider it as “we have to do something” .. well let that thief, run in on someone with protection, but mandate the homeowner do a really,.. good, job! Let ” poor little Billy” that was robbing someone, get his just reward! It will save money of defending him and feeding him. Stop the second guessing of those who are defending their homes..once you are in your home and someone comes in, you are in a corner!
Every week something else comes out, where they are wasting taxpayer money…a German family in east tn..came here to homeschool their children. O is trying to deport them, They came legal…. But the illegals he’s giving instructions on how to take taxpayers dollars. Some things just aren’t right.
It’s just see how much we can spend…
OH! Did y’all see the consumers have started spending in January!.” spending is up significantly” according to the evening news… I wonder why? and what…..beans, rice, bandaids..and other items already discussed…

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Mike K March 13, 2013 at 12:57 pm

“maybe fat women go lesbian since that is too nasty for the average man” <- Uhhhh… This isn't a useful idea. There are plenty of fat straight women and I don't consider them "nasty" even if I don't find them attractive.

And yes, there are masculine lesbians. They are known generally as "butch" as opposed to "femme." Thanks for the recon on the flannel shirts – I'm adding it to my field notes.

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J Stuart March 13, 2013 at 10:53 am

We are in the final days of Rome. This kind of information just confirms that.

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Hunker-Down March 13, 2013 at 11:31 am
Mystery Guest March 13, 2013 at 12:16 pm

J Stuart
I have said this for decades. Seems I was righter than wronger.

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axelsteve March 13, 2013 at 11:41 am

AnnieMac. I bet she could kick my A$$. And squish it if she sat on me. I did not post that to be gaybashing,Just telling what happend. I have a gay nephew he is a drag queen in fact. Straight woman ask him about beauty tips and that is kinda weird.

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AnnieMac March 13, 2013 at 12:54 pm

Good to hear it’s not bashing. I’m with you 100% on wasteful spending on idiot pet projects…it’s when people start using unnecessary and mean spirited adjectives to describe folks that I get a little ruffled. There is so much important stuff to deal with in life and petty name calling and worrying about what folks are doing in the privacy of their own homes just shouldn’t be at the top of any one’s list.

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Mike K March 13, 2013 at 12:59 pm

+1 Annie.

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Black rosé March 13, 2013 at 11:08 pm

Plus if everyone was as perfect as us the world would be a very boring place :)

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tommy2rs March 13, 2013 at 11:41 am

It ain’t Soylent Pepsi. But it’s not an acceptable business practice either.

Pepsi, Kraft, and Nestle products use aborted fetal cells for flavoring
http://www.examiner.com/article/pepsi-kraft-and-nestle-products-use-aborted-fetal-cells-for-flavoring
No they didn’t. Senomyx used cloned cells for testing flavorings, this article has lists of products from the three companies that Senomyx provided flavor testing for. None of the cells got near a production line.

Facts about Pepsi aborted fetal cell controversy
http://www.jillstanek.com/2012/04/facts-about-pepsi-aborted-fetal-cell-controversy/

Pro-lifers drop boycott after Pepsi disavows use of aborted fetal-cells
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/30/pro-lifers-drop-pepsi-boycott/
Children of God for Life revealed last year that PepsiCo had contracted with Senomyx Inc., a San Diego biotech company that listed HEK-293, a “human embryo kidney” cell line produced from an aborted fetus in the 1970s, in more than 70 patents related to flavor enhancers.

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GA Red March 13, 2013 at 1:01 pm

#1 – my question – if 3/4 of lesbians are obese, how does that compare to the rest of the female population? I know not all obese women have low self-esteem but there is a lot of evidence that points to obese women having emotional problems leading to low self-esteem. Are the causes the same in lesbians and non-lesbians? There are too many unknowns to simply look at why lesbians are generally obese when gay men are not.

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Schatzie Ohio March 13, 2013 at 3:21 pm

It could be that gay men are more obsessed with outward appearance than their female counterparts.

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Prepping Wife. March 13, 2013 at 1:07 pm

I’m looking up more information on the Pepsi thing right now. Nasty. As far as nickles go, I’ve just started doing this and it’s addicting – if I am at the store and the total is $1.05 I’ll give him $2.00 to avoid giving away my nickle – then I get more back!

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M.D. Creekmore March 13, 2013 at 1:13 pm

Folks #1 wasn’t meant to turn into a lesbian right / wrong issue, but an issue of how the federal government wastes our money on stupid crap like the “study” mentioned.

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Mystery Guest March 13, 2013 at 1:46 pm

M.D.
I and others realize that.
But just because someone says something against a “lifestyle” does not mean they are haters.
I get so tired of that crap I could puke.

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Mike K March 13, 2013 at 3:04 pm

Roger that. Thanks for clarifying and agreed. (Turns down the flame-thrower)

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Mystery Guest March 13, 2013 at 1:23 pm

To all whom it may concern:
I am going to take the “reins” from M.D. on this subject. I am his senior and probably more mouthy. He may or may not take this down.
We here at The Survivalistblog.net are not “homophobes”. And we are not haters. We do not agree with certain things that are going on in this world to it’s determent.
We cannot all be “equal” even thuough the “Constitution” say we are.
Example:
We have the very rich, the rich, the middle class, the poor and the destitute. Even when it is our countries law there is no way to make everyone equal. We live in a country where we do have the ability to rise above our so called slot in life. But that does not mean we give someone elses status in life to someone that does not deserve it. The person with the gold should take it upon “HIMSELF” to help his fellow man.
But in the last 5 decades we have seen not only the idea that all should be serfs, and the few over them, we have seen the very fabric of our country being shredded by factions that are really not what we base our life on. Some of these actions were considered good. But they have brought nothing but heartache and confusion to us as a country.
I do not hate Obama. But will definitly consider it as so if he brings this country down and/or rises against it’s people.
The subject of “homophobe” Is not even revelant to anything a prepper does. Most of us are to busy trying to prep for our families and living our lives the best we can.
To not like the way a person lives is far from “HATE”. I don’t liike wife nor child beaters, I do not like dog kickers, I do not like drunks, etc. I pray for them and hope they can change their lives before they have to pay for it in some drastic measure.
If one cannot or will not sanction the lifestyle of the gay life it does not mean they are hater’s of the person.
And I will say this I would have taken umbridge over the word fat more than anything else. I am tired of words “fat”. ‘diet” and “boobs”.

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Petticoat Prepper March 13, 2013 at 5:00 pm

+1 except I’m more tired of ‘crisis’ than ‘boobs’

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anniemac March 13, 2013 at 5:48 pm

As I am part of the *we* I respect your right to voice opinions but with all due respect sir, you do not speak for me nor represent my ideas, values or voice. I came to this site to learn and to share deas. I expect some folks to disagree but I also expect to be able to voice my opinions without being told I am “wrong*.

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Mystery Guest March 13, 2013 at 6:10 pm

anniemac
Well if your talking to me.
I have a voice also and that is the crux of the matter. Some do not want to hear a voice they consider negitive to their thinking.
I do not speak for anyone but myself.
I will not discuss this any longer as it will do no one any good.
I did not use the term “wrong” and I am not a “sir”.

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Encourager March 13, 2013 at 6:57 pm

+1 to Mystery Guest.

Seriously folks, what does this have to do with prepping? I do not agree with the homosexual lifestyle; it is a choice. We all have choices to make in life that affect other people and ourselves. Your rights stop where my rights begin. Just because we do not agree on lifestyle choices does not mean we are bigots or hateful. I am sick and tired of having homosexuality shoved down my throat and trying to make me feel guilty because I think it is morally wrong. Being a homosexual does not mean you have ‘civil rights’ that have been violated. Seriously, get a life…oops, that’s right, you’ve got one. Use the life you’ve got to improve the lives of others…ya know… the do unto others as you want them to do unto you life rule.

Let’s get back to prepping.

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WYO Ryder March 13, 2013 at 6:11 pm

I tired of the words “Obama”, “Feinstein”, “sequester”, “executive order” and….”accountingl finals” (ARRGHH).

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Mystery Guest March 13, 2013 at 6:20 pm

WYO Ryder
Good ones.

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Buuurr in Ohio March 13, 2013 at 2:59 pm

I’s like to add a list of things my 9 month old dog does not like:

Loud black guys walking on the sidewalk.
Large women (obscenely large).
Loud Latinos with loud Latino music.
Angry White women who yell at me for walking my dog.
Any White guy who walks toward me too fast without a smile on his face.
Squirrels.
Red cats (he thinks they are big squirrels is my guess).
Deer.
Raccoons.
Ellen DeGeneres.

I think we could learn a lot from my dog and his reactions. Just saying.

I am happy to be a Coke man. Pepsi was always the second son in my opinion. Gross.

As for the new taxes, well.. I didn’t vote for him. No one here did. Those I know that did argued that the Republicans were going to raise taxes too much. Funny…

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SinglePrepperGirl March 13, 2013 at 3:41 pm

I read this blog every day. I haven’t posted in some time because I haven’t had a lot of time to sit down and really put thoughtful things into written form. But I did want to say in regard to some reactions to #1 I am disappointed with some of the disparaging remarks about not only lesbians but overweight people. You can disagree with someones lifestyle and you can not find people attractive, that is your right, but to be so rude about that lifestyle or look is reprehensible. We have been talking about how narrow minded and off base the media and some liberal are about the prepping/survivalist lifestyle. How we don’t want to be lumped with the crazies. How our gun ownership doesn’t make us terrorists. But then we have some of our very own come out and put down people and be what we all hate for others to be towards us! I think spending the money on that study is insane and a complete waste, but let’s leave the personal feelings about the choices people make for their lives out of it. We are a large group of great and accepting people, let’s not fall into the pigeonhole that some have tried to put us in by bringing such negativity into our conversation. We aren’t going to change peoples hearts and minds about a wasteful goverment by giving them ammuniton to fire back at us. Having someone see some of the comments that were made will do nothing but further perception that preppers/survivalist/conservatives/libertarians/republicans or whatever you are, are bigots and hate filled….even though we are not.

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AnnieMac March 13, 2013 at 6:15 pm

Very well said.

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T.R. March 13, 2013 at 4:17 pm

#1. they should do a study on why dykes are masculine , why they emulate what they profess to hate .
#2. If you were served a meat dish prepared by a top chef ………….would you know you were eating human ? not that its right . Just Sayin .
#3 . Good for Kentucky ! one step better is Constitutional carry ……this eliminates needing a CC at all .
#5 . Smoke and mirrors , when your money in not backed by anything , its worthless , there is also no need to tax at that point ……….
#6. Dont waist your time , all your going to end up with is a boat load of cumbersome coins that industry has no use for …….( it costs them more to recycle for metals than to just get it fresh ) I cant see anybody else really wanting to go through the effort either , if the dollar becomes worthless ( it already is ) , its face value is all your going to get out of it ( or lack of face value ) . Buy Silver .

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Ghost March 13, 2013 at 5:01 pm

T.R., I’m with you, got lots of silver, plan on more by the end of March.
A good back up is fine Whiskey. Like some say, “You can’t eat gold/silver”, but you sure as hell drink or trade, rum, brandy, or Bourbon (Rebel Yell!)!

Like PM’s prices have been going up on “Adult Beverages” and like PM’s they don’t go bad.

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WYO Ryder March 13, 2013 at 6:20 pm

Rebel Yell – YUM! I work p/t at a liquor store while in school…those little airplane 50 mls may come in handy for barter.

Between being cooped up over the winter and all the stressful, non-stop government crises…

Maybe everyone has spring fever here today?

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WYO Ryder March 13, 2013 at 6:26 pm

I meant cabin fever

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T.R. March 13, 2013 at 8:18 pm

I hear ya ! Got my grey kepi on as well . double sour mash bourbon for me , and vodka for my sweety ( she’s Russian )

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Shawn March 13, 2013 at 5:41 pm

Just checked. All I have are wooden nickels. Just my luck!

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Donna March 13, 2013 at 5:48 pm

1. What nonsense and a waste of tax payers money!

2. Oh gross! Pepsi Co, an Obama supporter and donator, makes those who drink it cannabals with flavor inducers from an embryonic “kidney” from murdered babies.. How immoral. Why don’t they just PEE in their soda and send a case to the Big O.

5. On more taxes–Read my bum hole, don’t give me more cr*p

6. Nickels won’t increase unless we run out of the metal copper and zinc. Only older ones like the 1950D nickel. Pennies may be eliminated in the US, but we need nickels to go by incriments of 5 cents rather than 1 penny if that happened. So why hoard them? Hoard silver, gold, long term food and seeds. These will increase more in value than nickels.

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MikeM March 14, 2013 at 10:55 am

#6 Donna, someone in 1962 could have said the same thing about quarters. What do you pay for a 90% quarter today. Also there is almost NO DOWNSIDE Did you buy gold at $1800 silver at $40, if not great for you, but some did. Isn’t there some possibility that gold and silver will drop significantly (hey I have them and am thinking of getting more, but I also know there is some downside risk). A nickel will always be worth $.05.

Finally, how much commission do you give metals dealers? When $1.99 is a good deal on silver dollars you are paying about 7% just for the privilege of buying “money”. No commission on nickels.

Donna, I’m no big nickel guy, I only have what is in my change bowl, but I don’t act so superior as to know what will and what won’t increase in value in the future.

Nickels have a lot going for them. So, don’t act like they are beneath you.

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Encourager March 13, 2013 at 6:10 pm

#2,… pardon me while I go throw up. I had never heard of this before. Is this for real?????

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Tactical G-Ma March 13, 2013 at 6:20 pm

1. What?
2. What??
3. Bout time.
4. Oh, Lord.
5. Of course.
6. Still working on it.

I need a drink of my recipe. No pepsi involved.

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Sw't Tater March 13, 2013 at 11:16 pm

T-Gma, send me one of those drinks over this way.

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Ghost March 13, 2013 at 6:21 pm

One of my favorite Christian Blogs “HeadHeartHand Blog” written by Christian Theology Professor David Murray has this article today: “When the Government Tries to be God”.

I encourage all brothers and sisters in Christ to read this.

NOMI……………………………………..gone

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pj March 18, 2013 at 9:07 pm

I did. Thank you.

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JP in MT March 13, 2013 at 9:14 pm

Nickels are another type of PM. I wouldn’t worry about hording them, not before I have my food and ammo squared away.

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Bam Bam March 13, 2013 at 11:12 pm

I can’t believe all this discussion on fat lesbians. Come on, guys. The lesbians who are fat are fat because they drank the Pepsi. Duh!

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Tactical G-Ma March 13, 2013 at 11:26 pm
Bam Bam March 13, 2013 at 11:32 pm

So problem solved: Let’s get back to prepping. I am going to send Obama a bill for $1.5 million because I answered the question who lesbians are fat.

Oh, and let me say about about homosexuality and choice. Our best scientific data suggest that sexual orientation is not a choice. You can, in fact, create lesbian hamsters in a lab. Here’s how: you prenatally remove the ovaries from the female hamsters. Then after the hamsters are born and reach physical maturity, you inject testosterone into their contra lateral pre-optic portion of their temporal lobe. The female hamsters will then display mounting behavior, the characteristic sexual behavior of male hamsters.

The same works in reverse for creating homosexual male hamsters. You would prenatally castrate them. Wait until they are born and reach physical maturity. Then inject estrogen into their contra lateral pre-optic portion of their temporal lobe. As a result, the male hamsters will display lardosing behavior (sticking their butts in the air, waiting to be mounted). This is the characteristic sexual behavior of the female hamster.

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MikeM March 14, 2013 at 11:02 am

Hey BamBam, I think I remember you saying you are a grad student or were, are you in the sciences? I love science, but didn’t know your field.

Also I know privacy and OPSEC are important to all of us, so feel free to not respond.

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Bam Bam March 14, 2013 at 8:25 pm

Mike M.,

‘Tis it not evident that I studied hamster sexuality in graduate school? They gave me a number of letters to put behind my name.

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Encourager March 14, 2013 at 6:08 pm

Sometimes I wonder if all the soy that is now in so many foods has anything to do with males becoming homosexual. The body treats soy as estrogen. Hmmmm. Maybe Obumer should have a study on THAT….

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Bam Bam March 13, 2013 at 11:18 pm

Did you all know you can get scholarships for being handicapped just because you are left handed?

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Encourager March 14, 2013 at 6:09 pm

WHAT?! No one offered ME a scholarship. I am left handed – can I still get one???

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Bam Bam March 14, 2013 at 8:22 pm

Encourager,

Yes, being left handed is like having a learning disability. You get special treatment because you’re different. LOL (Seriously, I’ve had students tell me they get $500 per year because of the left-handedness disability.)

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worrisome March 13, 2013 at 11:33 pm

I just took the time to watch Glenn Beck’s Episode #1 “For the Record” regarding the NSA and unconstitutional data collection. Of note? Out of all the NSA employees and those 100,000 s of others involved since the day after 911, there were only 5 whistle blowers. All of which were intimidated, visited by FBI without warrants, and one the Feds attempted to try and lost Big Time. Despite that warrantless data collection is in progress and will be even more so when the Utah facility opens up in the fall of 2013. If you get a chance to watch it? It will probably shock you. It is chilling!

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worrisome March 13, 2013 at 11:41 pm
SW March 14, 2013 at 8:50 pm

“The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $1.5 million to study biological and social factors for why “three-quarters” of lesbians are obese and why gay males are not, calling it an issue of “high public-health significance.”

And they wonder why the govt is broke. It’s paying for stupid shit like this. We are being forced to take furlough days and they are throwing around money like it grows on trees. Hell… three quarters of the American population is very fat or obese. I don’t need a 1.5 million dollar study to tell me why Im fat. I already know. Use that money to pay off our debt and balance the budget. Sheesh.

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SW March 14, 2013 at 9:29 pm

I haven’t pissed off anyone today (been kind of a slow day)… so lets see if I can do it now considering all the talk in the comments.

If you’re a Lezzy… I don’t care. If you’re gay… I don’t care. It is your right to choose how you want to live your life. It is NOT my right to tell you how to live your life. One of my co-workers is a lezzy and we have had some very interesting conversations. I don’t hate her for her lifestyle choice.. hell… I envy her. She can get women easier than I can…. and I’m a guy. LOL

Some will say it’s immoral or against god or whatever. Once again… not my call. As long as they (lezzy’s or gays) aren’t hurting anyone else… why do we care? It is their life… let them live it.

Point being… whether you agree with it or not… you have to protect their rights otherwise your rights could be the next ones on the chopping block. If you’re unwilling to protect their rights to live their lives as they see fit… then you’re a hyprocrite when you start crying about your rights to live your life as you see fit.

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GA Red March 15, 2013 at 8:41 am

Well said – SW.

Another thing I remember is that God is the only one allowed to judge people – it’s not our job.

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pj March 18, 2013 at 12:47 am

A+++1+++ , Red got it right

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Encourager March 15, 2013 at 1:05 pm

“Point being… whether you agree with it or not… you have to protect their rights otherwise your rights could be the next ones on the chopping block. If you’re unwilling to protect their rights to live their lives as they see fit… then you’re a hyprocrite when you start crying about your rights to live your life as you see fit.”

The flaw in your theory, SW, is that Christians choosing to live a lifestyle according to the right and wrong of the Bible, are condemned already – we see it every day. I have no problem letting the gay community live as they wish ~ as long as I may live as I wish according to the morality of the Bible. I am sick and tired of being bashed because I have certain standards that gays and other liberals do not like and want to condemn me and take away MY rights to live as I choose. Why is it they cannot accept other people having different beliefs than they do? I do not stand on a soapbox spouting off why they are wrong; yet I am condemned because I say I am a Christian.

The liberals will not be happy until every ‘conservative’ is smashed down and crushed. You talk about intolerance!

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OhioPrepper March 15, 2013 at 4:39 am

According to coin-flation (http://www.coinflation.com), the nickel is already worth slightly higher than $.05, and the pre-1983 pennies are about double face value.

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