Posted on 09/04/2014 6:21:37 PM PDT by Kartographer
Pry provided details of recent attacks on electricity systems and said that ISIS could easily team with Mexican drug cartels to ravage America.
He told Secrets, for example, that the Knights Templar drug gang blacked out the electric grid of the Mexican state of Michoacan in 2013 to provide cover for killing those fighting the drug trade.
“The Knights Templars and other criminal gangs in Mexico will do anything for money, and ISIS, the richest terrorist organization in history, has hundreds of millions of dollars at its disposal,” said Pry.
“ISIS could hire one of the Mexican cartels, or one of their criminal gangs already in the U.S., or activate jihadist terror cells already in the U.S., and inflict a multi-state blackout immediately, within days or weeks. Perhaps even a nationwide blackout,” Pry explained to Secrets.
“I am not saying it is likely they will do so. But given the capabilities and objectives of ISIS and our obvious vulnerabilities, it would be foolish to ignore the threat to the grid, to regard the threat as unlikely. Our planning should be based on imminent asymmetrical threats, and not assume that another 9/11 large-scale attack is years away,” he added.
The Texas Department of Public Safety recently said they believe there is evidence that ISIS plans an attack. (source)
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These threads are the only time I'm glad our one and only grocery store constantly has tons of empty shelves (poor management). Since we can only buy the basics, when they're stocked, it's easier to do without when it does hit the fan. My latest fan hitting/budget friendly project is gathering 2 ingredient recipes. While that might sound minute in the scheme of things, it might be that little something to brighten a dull diet. Out of eggs and oil but have a cake mix? Use a can of coke instead and bake it in a homemade solar oven.
I'm no good on Hebrew without the extra vowel marks to 'splain me.
I started off Texan.
/johnny
/johnny
the gaff factory Beck was saying a hit on Middle east oil fields would be a devastating blow,
it would also secure King Putts reign of Terror.
Don't jump to assumptions.
I also have Noldin in my library, Vols 1 & 2. Vol 1, De Peincipiis, De Censuris, De Sexto, and Vol 2 De Praeceptis.
I may not be exactly anything that falls into a convenient category.
/johnny
As I recall, Saddam setting oilfields on fire would be devastating, too.
Ummm.. did that actually happen?
I mean the devastation... I know Saddam set the oil fields on fire.
/johnny
The tv show Survivor has been running since 2000 and there are still contestants who haven't a clue about starting a fire, fishing, swimming or cooking a pot of rice. Mind you these folks know they must have these skills down pat by the time they're dropped off the boat. Pick 100 people randomly off the street and maybe six could start a fire. Half of those wouldn't know what to do with it once it was started.
I haven’t update lately. I have been everywhere, except the canceled trip to Antarctica. The highway in Saudi told us infidels to take the bypass also.
Next time the kids should be given the task of dusting off the Foxfire books.
The old ‘3’ rule....3 minutes no air, or 3 days no water.....or 3 weeks no food....equal toast! (Or something along that 3 line). I live up in the mountains with a good well with water at 33 feet down and also year round running surface streams, 1 about 50 feet from my front door, that come down from the Mtn’s. tops. (A few percolating up from underground at points also). Quite a few fresh water lakes nearby to. I keep a good supply of water purification goodies on hand if I ever have to rely on those 3, other than my well, options. When I was a city dweller a long while back I stored water in the proper containers, (A lot of ‘em!!), and also had a bath tub liner all set to go to fill up the tub asap if the SHTF. Clean and safe drinking water will hold an almost incalculable value when the SHTF. Maybe posts/threads like these will get people ‘thinking water’ a bit more?
Suddenly, after the realization that those dead trees contain pictures and information (and after I shut off the wireless internet connection) those books were fascinating.
/johnny
Just saying. I lived it. You can't make it on those books.
But it's obvious where they are wrong, when you actually try stuff.
/johnny
I agree on the first threes and the second. People just don’t understand that everything can go south (and usually does) when plans are challenged. That is why my backups are threes. I guess I am jaded by too many years as an engineer. The tricky (resourceful and talented) ones always get around the “Scope of Work.” In cases like that, slowed payments are second and lawyers are last. The fourth I have contemplated too many times. ;-)
And then party hard with the rest of the beer.
I mean... who wants to start a fire when they are naked in the woods besides young people out on date-night?
/johnny
I’d get a ticket to New Zealand and a farm there.
And they know the neighborhood and how to live off of it.
Got a sister there, it's not survival country.
/johnny
Bookmarking
Now, I also live fairly close (40 minutes maybe) to JRandomFreeper (Johnny) - guess I could install him in the bus/house as the chef. I also now have a large stash of various types of drinking alcohol I didn't have before. Could probably use that to entice Johnny to be the chef.
Seriously, I think we have reached critical mass less one more flap of butterfly wings and that one more flap will bring about chaos.
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