Patriot Express Newsletter Edition #298

 Greetings and welcome to the Patriot Express Newsletter Edition #298. Thanks for stopping by for this month's edition. It is August 2025. Thanks for your continued support. Let me ask you, has anything changed since the July posting? See the Epstein list yet? Has the war situation improved any yet? Did they find the middle eastern terrorist cells hiding in America yet? How much of our debt has been paid down? WHAT? What do you mean it went up another four trillion dollars. Ever wonder if we got a beautiful cake served to us and the part under the beautiful icing is stale and molded? Have you noticed it's harder and harder to decipher truth from lies? How secure does this make you feel about your future with the system we have trusted to care for us through life? The sun is hot and scorching but the lies are hotter and becoming a daily occurrence.

How was your July? Did you have a great Independence Day holiday weekend? What did you do to continue tradition of a Patriotic nation? Good food, parades, and fireworks to cap it off maybe? I don't know about your location, but it was hotter than blue blazes here in East TN and continued through the entire month. We've had 11 straight days over 90 degrees with the exception of one day at 89. Our forecast for the next week is 90-94 degrees daily.

Ms. Lucy and I spent the 4th at home and enjoyed a cookout with two HFS families at our house serving burgers, hot dogs, and brats, with some side yummies. Just before dusk we headed to another neighbor's house down the street for the annual fireworks show put on by two neighbors. As always it was spectacular and bigger than the year before. Big burst and loud bangs displayed over the lake. We always look forward to this event and the chance to visit neighbors before the show begins.

On July 5th we hooked up the camper and headed to Jellico, TN, near the Kentucky border, to camp four days at Indian Mountain State Park. It was brutally hot with temps in the mid 90s daily, but we made the most of it getting in some hiking and biking miles daily. I didn't get in much fishing because of the heat and water temps. Of course, one of my favorite parts of camping is grilling meals outdoors. The menu included a dinner of steak, salad, baked potato, and fresh fruit from our annual fruit growth the Lord blessed us with. Another meal included fried fish, hush puppies, slaw, and an awesome cucumber salad Ms. Lucy put together. The peacefulness of being away from the world is priceless. I think this may be the park to go spend a couple weeks and focus on completing Book 3 of the Hope for Survival series that will be titled Hope for Survival - Building and Protecting Your Five Mile Radius.

Anyone who knows me learns quickly I love food and love to eat. July has been a good month for the qualifying choices I enjoy, though I don't typically get to eat these selections that often, aside from sausage gravy and eggs. Here's some great July foods enjoyed this month at cookouts and camping. You should try them. Yum, yum.

Left is a brat with cooked peppers and onions, spinach salad, and a West Virginia hot dog which means the dog comes with chili and slaw. Middle is a cheeseburger with a fried egg and the fixings, and Right is scrambled eggs over toast covered in sausage gravy. Now, back to my blueberry yogurt,.

Speaking of blueberry yogurt, how has your garden and fruit trees and bushes produced this year? This heat has been brutal. But the good Lord provided us with blackberries, load of blueberries, lot of yellow pears, and maybe some apples coming up. I don't have the numbers for blueberries Festus gets up on the mountain but each year our numbers are going up. Last year we got about 18 pounds and this year at least 30 pounds or more. Festus typically picks over 125 lbs annually. How about you?

Wakeup call - I won't spend lots of words making my point. If you are paying attention to what is happening around America, you should have already figured out YOU and your family need to choose some level of self-defense lethal protection to have on you at all times legally. Day by day American families are being picked off and mostly by surprise with a knife. Get that? A knife. And stories told are these victims are caught by surprise with the attacker within 15 feet. This means in most cases the attacker is too close to effectively draw a firearm in self-defense. This means, you better have a backup plan for defending yourself and family. If your answer is call 911, well, you may as well go ahead and pick out your funeral arrangements. Yes, I said it. Men, start being men. Ladies, get trained up and go through scenario drills and situational awareness exercises. Check these out:

NOW invest some time hear what Dave Grossman has to offer you in the proper mindset.

Let us move along.

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We must make this brief public announcement to protect the innocent.

Ding, Ding, Ding....Attention HFS readers..... Opinions shared in this newsletter are just that, opinions, and nothing more. Read at your own risk. The owner and author of this site is not responsible for hurt feelings or thin-skinned readers. I do my best to show restraint and respect to the best extent possible. I take as many precautions as possible and try to remain as nonpolitical as possible, however, there are times when I just can't help but point certain things out. Occasionally I use words only Patriots recognize and understand. It's not personal against any non-Patriot. It's just the truth. Sometimes we must pull up our spenders and suck it up. Just saying. Stay the course, read what you want, and avoid the rest. Avoid fear porn as much as possible and the day will be okay. When all else fails… Keep the faith and always have Hope.

Thoughts for the month - Here is another warning. WAKE UP!!!

Roughly 15 years ago when Festus and I got together and started noticing things and then piecing this puzzle together, we discovered large pieces of the puzzle and over time put most of it together without names and dates. We just sensed what was coming and started teaching preparedness and warning people to get prepared. From AI to 15 Minute Cities, losses of individual Freedoms through digital IDs and social credit scoring. Yes, folks pretty much thought we had lost our minds. All I can say now is a repeat of the old Verizon Commercial, "Can You Hear Me Now?"

I received the below email from My Patriot Supply as part of a sales pitch. Many will read over it and ignore it. It caught my attention because it reminded of all the information, we shared pre-HFS and during the past six years of HFS. It is so on target and well written I wanted to share it with you. The information provided is articulate and well stated.

Check this out and decide for yourself.

AI, Data & the Push for Total Control

Posted 07/18/2025  · 0 Comments

Quick Summary: AI, Data & the Push for Total Control

AI-powered systems and smart technologies are reshaping daily life. From digital IDs to surveillance grids, centralized control is replacing personal freedom. Governments and corporations now influence infrastructure, currency, and information—while your behavior becomes a data product. This article exposes real-world examples of AI-driven control and shares how you can prepare before ownership, autonomy, and access are all gated behind algorithms.

1. How AI Is Reshaping Power, Privacy, and Control

2. How Are AI and “Smart” Systems Already Controlling Us?

   • Smart Cities

   • Digital IDs

   • CBDCs

   • Corporate Consolidation

3. How Are Digital Systems Gaining More Control Over Us?

   • Centralize Control via AI and Smart Systems

   • Digital IDs as Gatekeepers

   • Predictive Systems Shaping Behavior

   • Digital Currency and Financial Control

   • Narrative Control through AI

   • Subscription-Based Economy

   • Surveillance and Loss of Privacy

4. How Do AI and Smart Systems Undermine Personal Freedom?

5. Why Will You Own Less in a Digitally Controlled Future?

6. How Can You Prepare for a Future of AI and Digital Control?

   
   

How AI Is Reshaping Power, Privacy, and Control

According to AI and Its Implications for Data Privacy, “Everything you do generates data. When you like a picture, comment on a post, or connect your accounts to different platforms—you are generating data. Data is ‘the new oil’ and as such businesses use it to make informed decisions. In fact, data is so powerful, corporations such as Meta and Alphabet (Google) don’t even have a product – your data is the product.”

Let that sink in…

YOUR data is the product.

Behind the sleek promises of AI innovation and convenience lies a deeper question:

Who controls the data…AND who controls YOU?

As unelected tech elites race to build digital systems that monitor, optimize, and predict everything, the threat isn’t just automation—it’s centralized control, surveillance, and the erosion of personal freedom.

We need to face reality and understand how AI, digital IDs, predictive systems, and “smart” everything are quietly setting the stage for a future where we own nothing, and they own the grid, the currency, and the narrative.

How Are AI and “Smart” Systems Already Controlling Us?

I recently read a memoir by Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former global public policy director at Facebook.

She provided one example of how Facebook and smart systems use algorithms to target users in unethical ways.

Here is a synopsis from Rolling Stone (It’s long, but worth reading closely):

“[Wynn-Williams] discovered that the company was also courting advertisers with the option of targeting “thirteen-to-seventeen-year-olds across its platforms, including Instagram, during moments of psychological vulnerability when they feel ‘worthless,’ ‘insecure,’ ‘stressed,’ ‘defeated,’ ‘anxious,’ ‘stupid, ‘useless,’ and ‘like a failure,’ per a leaked document from a presentation to Australian brands. When the communications team considered a statement to the effect that Facebook wanted to ‘remedy’ such practices, one member noted that they really weren’t doing anything to prevent such exploitation: users could be targeted based on emotional states, as well as racial and ethnic background. Facebook went as far as tracking when teen girls deleted selfies so that a company could ‘serve a beauty ad to them’ right after.”

If Facebook has this sort of twisted power over teen girls, imagine the sort of power the elites will have when they combine AI with all the other smart technologies.

The convergence of AI, digital IDs, predictive systems, and “smart” technologies could pave the way for a future where individual ownership and autonomy are diminished, with control centralized among a few entities.

It has already begun.

Here are just a few examples.

Smart Cities

Projects like NEOM in Saudi Arabia show how elites (e.g., governments and tech firms) control urban infrastructure, with citizens as tenants of data-driven systems. NEOM is a controlled smart city.

According to the website, “NEOM is a unique investment opportunity, unrivalled anywhere else. This is not business as usual. Be a part of it. Invest in the new future now, invest in NEOM.”

[Related Read: The Danger of Smart Cities: They May Cost You Your Freedom]

Digital IDs

The EU’s eIDAS (Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services) framework and India’s Aadhaar system illustrate how governments centralize identity management, often with private-sector involvement (e.g., tech firms handling biometrics).

CBDCs

Over 100 countries, including the US and China, are piloting CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies).

China’s digital yuan trials show how transactions can be tracked and controlled in real time.

Look at a few of the ways China’s biometric, digital ID social credit system works:

• Lose points for bad driving

• Lose points for smoking in non-smoking areas

• Lose points for buying too many video games

• Lose points for posting fake news on social media

• Lose points for spending too long playing video games

• Lose points for spending money on frivolous purchases

If Chinese citizens lose points, they face restrictions, such as these:

• Restricting travel or the ability to purchase plane tickets

• Restricting luxury options, such as being banned from the best hotels

• Restricting home internet speeds

• Banning your kids from the best schools

• Having your pets taken away

Corporate Consolidation

BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street own stakes in most major corporations, including tech and media, amplifying their influence over the systems driving this future.

We are also seeing corporate and government consolidation.

As Fast Company explains, “The Trump administration has tapped Palantir, a company that specializes in using AI for data analytics, to collate and analyze data about Americans. Meanwhile, Palantir has announced a partnership with a company that runs self-checkout systems. Such partnerships can expand corporate and government reach into everyday consumer behavior. This one could be used to create detailed personal profiles on Americans by linking their consumer habits with other personal data. This raises concerns about increased surveillance and loss of anonymity. It could allow citizens to be tracked and analyzed across multiple aspects of their lives without their knowledge or consent.”

How Are Digital Systems Gaining More Control Over Us?

I’ve already provided examples of how digital systems are gaining control over our autonomy, but it’s going to be more extreme and more rampant.

Here are the key reasons this could unfold:

Centralized Control via AI and Smart Systems

AI-powered “smart” systems (e.g., smart cities, IoT devices) collect vast amounts of data on behavior, consumption, and movement.

This data can be used to enforce compliance through automated systems, limiting personal freedom.

For example, smart grids could ration energy based on centralized algorithms, reducing individual control over resources.

National Geographic explains, “Control of [one’s] house’s electricity can be handled easily from a centralized location, without requiring a utility crew to go out to turn it on or off. […] In addition, some utilities have proposed the use of microgrids. These are groups of interconnected loads and sources that typically connect to the wider grid but can also be disconnected to operate autonomously as an ‘island.’”

So, if your neighborhood is using too much power, the higher-ups can turn you into a powerless island.

Digital IDs as Gatekeepers

Digital IDs, tied to biometric data or social credit systems, could dictate access to services, finances, or public spaces.

If linked to AI-driven platforms, they might restrict what you can buy, where you can go, or what you can say, effectively leasing access to life’s necessities rather than owning them outright.

For example, let’s say your digital ID identifies your political party. You may be restricted from buying a gun as you are deemed a “threat.”

Predictive Systems Shaping Behavior

Predictive AI, used in everything from policing to marketing, can manipulate decisions by anticipating and nudging behavior.

This erodes personal agency, as algorithms could prioritize corporate or state interests, steering you toward renting services (e.g., subscription-based models) over owning assets.

See the example above of Facebook targeting beauty ads to vulnerable teen girls.

Digital Currency and Financial Control

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), paired with AI and digital IDs, could enable real-time monitoring and control of transactions.

Programmable money might limit spending based on compliance or social scores, undermining financial sovereignty and making “ownership” of wealth conditional.

See above for China’s digital yuan “reward” system for a better idea.

[Related Read: Central Bank Digital Currency Tyranny Is Coming: How to Prepare]

Narrative Control through AI

AI-driven content moderation and recommendation systems can shape public discourse by amplifying certain narratives while suppressing others.

This consolidates influence over information, reducing individual ability to challenge the dominant narrative or access unfiltered knowledge.

We have already seen the uptick in fake news and deep fake AI content.

When these narratives consistently are pushed, it becomes harder to distinguish truth from fiction.

Subscription-Based Economy

This one is terrifying, folks.

So pay attention.

Smart devices and AI services often rely on subscriptions (e.g., software, cloud storage, mobility-as-a-service).

This shift from ownership to access means you rent rather than own, with corporations retaining control over functionality and data.

For example, have you had to pay Google for more cloud storage for your emails, Google Docs, and pictures?

Guess who owns it? Not you.

Surveillance and Loss of Privacy

The integration of AI, digital IDs, and smart systems creates a surveillance ecosystem where every action is tracked.

This data can be weaponized to enforce compliance, limiting dissent and entrenching power over the “grid” (infrastructure, energy, data).

For instance, if you are using self-checkout at Target, be aware that they are using AI facial recognition technology.

How Do AI and Smart Systems Undermine Personal Freedom?

When all these data-driven systems combine, we are in danger of losing control.

Consider the following ways these systems will lessen individual control.

Loss of Autonomy: When elites own the grid, currency, and narrative, individuals become dependent on systems they don’t control. Dissent or non-compliance could mean exclusion from services or financial systems.

Wealth Concentration: Subscription economies and digital controls funnel wealth to those owning the infrastructure, widening inequality.

Note: As of June 2025, billionaires are buying AI stocks that analysts believe will soar by 240%.

Surveillance State: Constant monitoring through smart devices and digital IDs ensures elites know more about you than you do, enabling manipulation or coercion.

Why Will You Own Less in a Digitally Controlled Future?

The elites own more, while you own less.

Here’s why you will own less.

Physical Assets: Subscription models (e.g., car-sharing, software-as-a-service) replace ownership with access. You rent homes, vehicles, or even appliances, with terms dictated by providers.

Data: Your personal data—location, habits, preferences—is owned by tech companies or governments, not you. Even if you “opt out,” interconnected systems make escape nearly impossible.

Jennifer King, a privacy and data policy fellow at Stanford University, explains, “AI systems are so data-hungry and intransparent that we have even less control over what information about us is collected, what it is used for, and how we might correct or remove such personal information. Today, it is basically impossible for people using online products or services to escape systematic digital surveillance across most facets of life—and AI may make matters even worse.”

Financial Freedom: With CBDCs, your money’s usability depends on centralized rules. You don’t fully own your wealth if it can be frozen or restricted.

Here’s why the elites will own more (including you).

Infrastructure: Tech giants and governments own the “grid”—data centers, smart city systems, and communication networks. For example, Amazon Web Services hosts much of the internet’s infrastructure.

Currency: Central banks and partnered financial technology firms control digital currencies, deciding how and where money flows.

Narratives: By controlling AI-driven media platforms, elites shape what’s amplified or censored, owning the cultural and political discourse.

How Can You Prepare for a Future of AI and Digital Control?

Some argue these technologies empower individuals by providing convenience, efficiency, and access (e.g., digital wallets, smart homes).

But, consider this: ChatGPT creator Sam Altman has admitted he is “a little bit scared” of the potential of the technology and is preparing now.

In a profile with the New Yorker, Altman said, “I prep for survival […] I try not to think about it too much. […] But I have guns, gold, potassium iodide, antibiotics, batteries, water, gas masks from the Israeli Defense Force, and a big patch of land in Big Sur I can fly to."

If the creator of one of these prominent AI tools is scared and preparing, so should we.

• Be aware. Stay cautious. Don’t bury your head in the sand and ignore it. This is happening. Try to protect your privacy while also recognizing that the systems are already tracking you.

• Stock up on food. Don’t wait until you are forced to buy certain food products or prevented from buying proteins you like. Stock up on long-term emergency food today.

• Invest in your own power sources. Don’t be attached to your local power grid. Invest in personal solar power systems.

• Build a collection of tradeable goods. Have items on hand you can use for bartering, so your transactions aren’t tracked.

Don’t wait until it is too late, friends.

In liberty,

Elizabeth Anderson Preparedness Advisor, My Patriot Supply

A letter from our HFS Family

One of our HFS family members submitted the below story to me this month explaining some recent adjustments that had to be made at their homestead This is an excellent description of what happened, and steps taken to adjust and overcome the situation. A very important point made in the story is age and how our aging impacts our abilities to do task and must do chores. This may not apply to you today, but I promise it will before you know it.

(Any names or locations in original message removed to protect the identity and location of our submitter)

Washing clothes

As our washer is still not working after two repair trips, we have been trying to figure out how to wash clothes in the middle of harvest and canning season as well as cleaning up after a storm. Years ago, Tom bought an old ringer type Maytag at a yard sale. We have used it before when we could not use our septic tank for a month.

Here is what we did. I had a huge load of towels from the farm in the washer when it decided to stop. Just stop. It would not drain. It would not spin. It just stopped and flashed lights at us. The repair man could not get it to drain either so a little over a week ago, we removed the towels and dropped them in a bathtub full of water with All Free and Clear because that was all that I had. After a day or two, I attempted to agitate them some and then added more soap or whatever you call All Free and Clear. That was a mistake as a wonderful aromatic stink began to permeate the air.

In the meantime we are processing tomatoes, zucchini, onions, potatoes, and planting more crops as we pull out others. Yesterday, I decided that I would try to move the towels a few at a time to a sink where I could stand. Hopeless. Filthy towels are not good candidates for smaller sinks. Fine. I decided I would just rinse as best that I could, ring them out and put them in the dryer.

Our dryer runs on the grid as well as our central air. Why? Because we could not afford enough solar to run them and we rarely use the dryer anyway. I put some other things in the dryer that I had washed in sinks with Woolite. I pushed the button on the dryer and nothing happened. Tom started checking circuit breakers and I said forget it, I will lay them across small fans that we have and let them dry that way. (It was super humid and storms were on the way. No line drying here.) The towels however, were beginning to give off that lovely stink again. As we sat down for breakfast, Tom asks me why the lights are blinking in the kitchen. That only happens when we switch to solar from the grid. The grid was down. We normally know when we lose power by checking the dryer. I forgot that when we were trying to make it run. Six hours later power from the grid returned. It seems that a tree fell on the lines.

We were having company for lunch and it was getting warmer and warmer. The poor guy had left overs and whatever I could open from jars. I did not want to heat the kitchen any more than I had to. In the meantime, I drained the bathtub again, added vinegar, and hoped that the lovely smell did not waft into the kitchen.

This morning, we are attacking the towels. They are in the Maytag wringer washer. First I had to clean out the bird’s nest and scrub the tub and the rollers. Then, I had to move it to the door so that the water would drain out on the patio. No small feat and it took Tom to move it. These things are heavy! Then, there was the memory issue of how do you turn this thing on? We forgot. All you do is plug it in. Life was certainly simpler before buttons, bells and whistles. Next, there was the search for a nozzle for the hose that would turn off and on so that I did not have to run to the side of the house to turn the water off and on. I found one, but it leaks. We used it anyway. Using the rollers on a ringer washer is not for the faint of heart. As I sit typing this, I am on my second load. The first one is in the dryer. The dryer works today.

Conclusions:

1. Two loads has taken me two hours and I am not quite finished. We have a clothes line, but there is no way all these towels will dry in this weather. Our neighbor has already been out with his skid steer scraping his driveway and the road in front of his house. We are hoping he did some of ours because our driveway needs major work today after the storms.

2. How folks ever hauled water for laundry is a supreme mystery to me. Again, running water is my favorite modern convenience. Just filling the tub of this machine takes an effort. It empties by gravity.

3. The memory issue. When you do not use something regularly, you forget how it works. After learning that the Maytag runs as soon as you plug it in, we tried to remember how to adjust the rollers to ring the clothes. Mike went to the internet and then we remembered. I am taping something to the washer today that tells us these things. Lists and kits are necessary when things get difficult.

4. Wrong washing powders. This is not an HE machine and neither is my bathtub. DUH! Without an HE washer all that liquid stuff that I have stored will be pretty much useless. This Maytag needed borax and Oxyclean. Using FelsNaptha or my homemade soap is just awful to rinse from modern fabrics.

5. Sturdier clothes. We learned years ago that modern knits (think T-shirts and underwear) do not hold up to plungers, washboards and ringers. Even some of these towels will be worse after using the Wringer washer. I would not trade our Duluth pants and shirts for anything else. I am sure there is another brand that would work as well, but this is what we have. I keep wondering what folks would do to repair clothes that develop holes from rougher washing than they were designed for.

6. Strength. My grandmother died in 1971. She did have electricity, you know the one bulb in the middle of the room on a pull chain and an outlet in the kitchen. That outlet was where she plugged in her Maytag wringer washer. She died at age 72 and that was the only washer she had. I wonder now how she rolled that thing back and forth from the sink. My grandfather had been dead for 20 years so she did it by herself with a bad back and having to wear a back brace. I thought about her this morning and my weak self-trying to move this washer.

7. The just in case scenario. I was griping about not being able to use the clothesline when it dawned on me that if we were able to hang all of our clothes on the line, someone would see them and know that we had power. Our solar panels are somewhat hidden and our neighbors know we have them, but others……I would rather they did not. It also would telegraph that there is someone here who is doing well enough to wash clothes. It would be the I wonder what else they have scenario.

That’s my story and I wanted to share so that maybe you could help others. Things just are not easy but you can adapt. Even reading about things is better than having your head buried in the sand, but there is nothing like actual experience. Truly nothing. Because of the farm, we have lots of towels that we use. When we were milking, there were even more as we washed every cow’s udder. You must use a new towel for each cow unless you want to spread mastitis. That is a lot of laundry.

Hope you and Mrs. Lucy are doing well.

HFS Response - Thank you for your submission. This is priceless information for others to read and consider. Everyone should be asking, "what is your plan and can you perform the task being discussed."

Let us move along.....

Preparedness News - The ticking time bomb keeps moving towards midnight and it appears folks are still being hood winked and sucked in to the media circus and avoiding getting their house and community in order. Why anyone still believes help is on the way is beyond me.

1. From Reliable Prepper - https://youtu.be/6HUzlVmFUm8?si=AcJ7CJj4MVT8jcpv - If you are an HFS follower you will find everything HFS has taught over the course of five years included in this video. If you are new or an HFS follower I would encourage you to take time to watch this video. Learn or refresh your knowledge.

2. From the Weed Doc, Dr. Amanda - https://youtu.be/amIeL0PNPIY?si=MGWF29OQ6j4wuYKL

   The Weed Doc, my lil sister does a great job in this class. If you have interest in herbal and natural meds you should follow her platform. Good stuff.

3. From Reliable Prepper - https://youtu.be/qkkShoDhPac?si=EoiZ6LSWYaBIXVnR

   If a major disaster occurs in America that will take months to overcome, if not longer, such as the EMP, who do you believe is going to recover the nation when transportation and communications are down? During disasters, you won't rise to the occasion and will fall to the level of our preparedness.

Other News -

1. Ironclad with Sara Adams - https://youtu.be/cvlcj-hI2v4?si=pKGorsTEwsYuHGyK - Another excellent update from Sara on the terrorist cell threat to America and Europe.

2. From Stephen Gardner - https://youtu.be/Ycvn8ojBRvE?si=RTo6BjEMn-dkRKD3 - Excellent interview with J.J. Carrell on the current state of illegals and betrayal of our government.

3. From Mint Press - with Whitney Webb - https://youtu.be/56UO817tex4?si=J3xnjzF_kXsoFmq3 - (Thanks Festus, for this submission)

   This is a MUST listen. Grab a seat and put your seatbelt on because this one goes fast and is loaded.

4. Adapt 2030 - https://youtu.be/rBhcTcKiwUA?si=afkE-_McmQ0gLFzr

Robot farming. Get ready, it's coming to replace humans. This will be mind blowing to those who aren't paying attention. The phase out of human needs in farming. What is your social credit score? It will drive how healthy your food will be.

5. From Ironclad with Ret Colonel Scott Mann - https://youtu.be/eEV6blWRTsw?si=Jut27dLSxgB1jlRP

   Excellent interview. This will give you a better understanding of why mindset is important to understand the depth of the potential for a terrorist attack in America.

Just for fun -

While writing the newsletter and doing daily research for preparedness and other projects, I also take time to enjoy other podcasts. I thoroughly enjoy watching other types of survival videos with off-grid living, canoeing, and basic survival type videos. Aside from the enjoyment I find watching, one can also learn new skills and equipment. Over time I have chosen certain sites to follow and learn from and enjoy.

Here are a couple I wanted to share with you for your own enjoyment and learning. It also allows you to enjoy other parts of the world.

From Xander Budnick - https://youtu.be/kX5jATkKMG8?si=iiwgN4hwA5uGnMbX - Xander journeys to Tanzania to experience life with the Hazda tribe. Excellent cultural lesson,.

From Shawn James at My Self Reliance - https://youtu.be/_UUvNM1yTJY?si=jjCcrfmqmyEJ3E9y I have been following Shawn James for several years and learned so much while also finding peacefulness and enjoyment as he built his cabin and homestead in the Canadian Forest. This edition is fascinating to see Sharn and his wife build this large Koi Pond and garden on their homestead. Imagine having this in your backyard to escape the world.

From Epic Family Road Trip - Join Pete and Carrol as they journey through Norway on their European adventure. If you have never traveled to Europe or enjoyed the backroads adventures, check this out,. https://youtu.be/KQM1ikVe8FI?si=oMmerbX8hHNuYYEz

Continue Pete and Carol's Norway adventure with Epic Family Road trip - https://youtu.be/8vflUatE7Oc?si=thka2viy3yn6fwOn.

Let us move along...

Prayers - Please keep our great nation, our elected leaders, military and first responders in your thoughts and prayers. We pray for good health and wisdom. Please pray for our leadership to find answers and guidance to the problems facing our great nation. May your faith remain strong and answers to the unknown provided. God is good and may our prayers blanket and protect you and your circumstances. I pray for each, and every one of our Patriots.

Our HFS family has many prayers needs for health and positive uplifting. We love you all and continue praying for each of you.

May we pray for all the blessings and things in life to be thankful about and continued hope for revival around the world. We must continually pray for the unsaved, our family and friends who live each day without the protection for eternal life and salvation.

Please continue praying for the survivors of the Hurricane Helene disaster, the California wildfires, and the recent floods in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. They have many needs and a long haul ahead to recovery.

As Patriots we must stay strong and never give up. Our home, community, and nation need us now more than ever. Stay focused on your local community and things that will impact you around the nation. Don't allow the events around you to create fear in your life. Build your own self-reliance and focus on faith and hope. Remember we are a blessed nation, and we must continue to be great people today and make a better tomorrow. Keep charging.

Blessings,