Patriot Express Newsletter Edition #312
Greetings and welcome to the Patriot Express Newsletter Edition #312 for October 2026. Is it possible we are finally entering a cooler season? Autumn is near and the nighttime temperatures are dropping quickly. Here in East TN we are experiencing mid-50s. I was over in Southern WV recently and after sundown it was in the mid-forties. Frost is near and it won't be long till we have naked trees, whistling winds and roaring fireplaces. I know winter is rough for many and the feeling of being trapped inside until spring looms in their minds. Personally, I'm ready for anything different from the heat we have experienced the past two summers. Today the afternoon temperature was around 75 degrees, and the sun burned the skin. Is it just me or does it seem the sun, the temperatures, and the burn of the sun seems different? Any theories?
September was a good month overall. Ms. Lucy and I enjoyed our 19th wedding anniversary and then later
we traveled back to WV to attend a wedding and enjoyed it much. It was nice spending time with past friends. I traveled over to Elizabethton, TN in Carter County to teach a Five Mile Radius class for our dear friend at Survival Homestead Teaching Farm (SHTF). It was great to see HFS family during the morning visit. If you haven't visited the SHTF YouTube channel go check it out. You will find some great stuff covering many areas in preparedness. Ms. Lucy and I traveled over to WV to attend a wedding and we spent the weekend catching up with several long time friends. I just returned from another quick trip to WV to visit family.
I want to give you a heads up on things to come after the start of 2027. Based on trends, available time, and viewer readership to this site, after nearly eight years and over 700 articles, newsletters, and more, the Hope for Survival website will likely be expired and no longer available. Hope for Survival will function strictly as a YouTube site, monthly Zoom sessions, and the live HFS Signal app. In the meantime, I'm working to copy all materials from the website, article by article, on to a separate site to create a single mass collection of website materials. This is quiet the project. I may or may not offer a one-time purchase of an HFS Website memory stick containing the history of the eight years of materials on a single memory. I'm gauging interest in such a project so if it is something you may have interest in purchasing please let me know. I can't tell you a price yet simply because I don't know the total size of the combined package of website documents.
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 - Early Warning
Do you ever get tired of turning on the news and afterwards feeling as though they don't tell you anything, or, what they do tell you is skewed? You talk to friends and within one minute your head spins from all the things they say, taken from different podcast? Once fairly balanced podcast voices who used to seem on course suddenly fall off the ledge and start sounding like many of the doom and gloom daily messages? You turn off the screen and stare from your window and wonder what world you live in? You know and believe scripture from the Bible but in reality you just want Jesus to return and take you away so you miss the outcome of all the negative voices you hear daily?
Years ago around 2015 I started backing away from many of the negative voices and started focusing closer on direct preparedness. That means events and threats that can and will directly impact your community. Things like laws, taxes, fuel cost, poverty, homelessness, available food pantries and food markets, gangs, socio economic impacts, laws and politics swaying or impacting how much food you can grow on your property, available public utilities such as clean water and sewage and more. Building and knowing your community is essential to survival, especially as we age. Threats to you will happen in your community. How you prepae now will make the difference. Everything is not a threat to you however it only takes one threat to ruin your day and possibly your life or the life of a loved one.
Back to the conspiracy conversations and the future. I have little belief in coincedences. So much so I believe legitimate ones are for a reason. I also believe in predictive programming and casting the future ahead of time and seeing how the populace reacts. Think Star Wars, Battle Star Gallactica and war in space. How about big Arnold in the Terminator and now we have robots as activing police officers in some countries. How about Denzel Washington in Enemy of the State? Alexa and Smart televisions and cars. Did you see Keanu Reeves in the Matrix? These movies and many more are popular hits and one must ask, how can so many millions of people believe in such futuristic far fetched nonsense? Or, is there something to it that many missed for some reason. It's not reality. It's not believable. That can't happen. Machines and computers can't do these thing. Humans aren't that evil. The government won't allow these things to happen. It is their job to look after us and protect us.
I have lived and worked in what is called "Black" programs in my past life and have been exposed to many truths and realities to what is real and the rapid development of unbelievable capabilities and resources that appeared meant for warfare and enemies of the United States. Many programs I worked are now past tense and public knowlege in some form or fashion and typically this means something better has been developed and deployed. Or, the government has openly talked or hinted about such capabilities. Many will miss the hints because they don't pay attention. Sometimes we see an event that occurs someplace around the world and only if a person is familiar with the tool, weapon, or capability will it ring a bell from past exposure.
Who would have imagined the ability to fire a laser from out space and instantly exterminated a target. Only in a cartoon or movie, right? Humans miss so many things because life has them bogged down and captured. Many people simply choose to avoid these topics of conversation because they don't want to imagine the cruelty of mankind and the fact humans in government and defense contractor positions are paid high dollars to create something new and more powerful to exterminate a threat quicker. There is no reality in "shoot them in the leg to give them a chance to back off." Sadly, it's pretty basic and evil. Humans through technology and skills create weapons such as lasers, chemicals, plagues, diseases, and more, to wipe out masses of humans or God's creations in the name of protection and defense of a civilization. Heck, parents buy games for children to play that allows them to communicate via headsets and the internet and the goal is violence of many different sorts. They earn points for their ability to cause harm, damage and death to their opponents. Is this a game or intended brain manipulation?
Do you believe there are organizations and human entities bigger and more powerful than a nation state or government? People such as George Soros or Bill Gates with endless means to money who set out to dominate different global organizations who in the surface appear doing good for humanity. Have you ever asked yourself why do we have so many problems in the world? With so much technology and smart people, why do we have wars, food shortages, fuel crisis, violence amongst socio economic and ethnic groups? Since 2020 we hear more news and chatter of civil war and conflict than any point in my lifetime.
I was recently listening to a podcaster that goes by Man in America and he referenced a movie from 1981 titled Early Warning. It is a movie filmed by a Mormon organization. The movie is low budget and probably not watched by many since it is bucketed in the "religious" bucket. And, the topic of the movie for 1981 is so far fetched and over the top. Or was it predictive programming? I tracked down the movie and watched it. Within the first five minutes I found the reference made by Man in America and as a person who has studied and dedicated much of my life the past 16 years to preparedness it had my eyes and ears wide open. This 1981 movie was like it was filmed for 2026. Check this out at the 3 minute and 25 second mark.
https://youtu.be/VItItJY6Hp0?si=KynQKCBlBzRaDUbd I can't paste the actual video here because it is restricted by the video creator. You can use the link and paste it in YouTube or just type in Early Warning (the movie).
Do you agree the movie could have been recorded in the past year and still be applicable? A big lesson here is nothing talked about you can control other than to prepare your community and family. What you know and your ability to survive threats locally will be your difference maker in surviving. Thoughts?
Have a blessed month.
Let us move along.
Preparing News:
Cotton River Farm - https://youtu.be/mdPjWlUPZeM?si=_E-Sf1lXSIov8mmZ - It's that time of year to run your checklist for winter. Home - Check, Car - Check - Water - Check.....chickens?
Wineberry Hill - https://youtu.be/W6Gh_udt6kM?si=G63jfmDupKCvrIrA - Want a healthier coop? Less work? Maybe.
Zen Garden Oasis -https://youtu.be/UfcgT1Ysegc?si=gxOJoQb_adezZIVG - Every winter we have discussions on ways to get more heat inside the home without causing our monthly utillity bill to sky rocket. Here's a simple suggestion to consider.
Ray Sutter - https://youtu.be/4QAyLUhJYng?si=sh07aqYhRs5EHdoH - Here's some additional ways to provide some level of heat to your home. DON'T FREEZE. Plan ahead and be smart.
Forgotten American Survival - https://youtu.be/v4adiMg2wJQ?si=oQ92CXnEXgQ1ky-5 - Poor man prepping vs high dollar technology prepping.
Other News:
Coffee and a Mike (Michael Farris) - https://youtu.be/3BlN7zObSsE?si=TV2irigh5Iz4eKy0 - Mike brings my two favorite voices, Michael Yon and Matt Bracken, to discuss the ongoing situations in the US and world.
Tucker Carlson - https://youtu.be/zw5H0fFkj-k?si=HaF64Ub8bsM2Zf13 - Tucker interviews Max Blumenthol for some great information and discusion.
The Resilient Show with Jon Hollerman - https://youtu.be/Uv1FvAmvBKU?si=yBlDBJF5t8Zk6kD0 - I was shocked to come across this interview with Jon Hollerman. One of the leading voices on Grid Down and the state of America's grid. This is part 2.
Monkey Werx - https://youtu.be/26YPXwRnN3o?si=MuK9VYU731eiMvbI - Target Fairford, RAF UK
Shawn Ryan Show - https://youtu.be/qdIvlBFcNEQ?si=J7x2eymOz1K7pZJ5 John MacAfees security guard tells all
Just for fun.... Take a load off and relax. Forget the problems of the world and travel to places most will never see. You may just like it.
Epic Family Roadtrip - Join Pete and Carol on their journey through Canada. Witness the beauty of glaciers and scenic mountains displaying sheer beauty. https://youtu.be/MO0xzHLb--Q?si=8gJYoZZPJqHaJcGP
Join Thomas and Carlan as they near completion of their cabin enough to move in before the harsh Alaskan winter hits. https://youtu.be/IUTbO3ChUs8?si=y1Tw3MsCGUU3rxZQ
Eric and Arielle shares their journey to survive life in Alaska. Living off-grid is only the start of surviving. Gardening, hunting, keeping equipment operating while trying to enjoy life during the few short summer months. https://youtu.be/JkAx9tJsxbc?si=LIArEZYb7nl65bEt
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.
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,
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