Globalists Will Use Carbon Controls to Stop You From Growing Your Own Food
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In early 2020 in the midst of the covid lockdowns, blue states run by leftist governors pursued mandates with extreme prejudice. In red states like Montana, after the first month or two most of us simply ignored the restrictions and went on with life as usual. It was clear that covid was not the threat federal authorities made it out to be. However, in states like Michigan the vice was squeezed tighter and tighter under the direction of shady leaders like Gretchen Whitmer.
Whitmer used covid as an opportunity to institute some bizarre limitations on the public, including a mandate barring larger stores from selling seeds and garden supplies to customers. “If you’re not buying food or medicine or other essential items, you should not be going to the store,” Whitmer said when announcing her order. The leftist governor was fine with purchases of lottery tickets and liquor, but not gardening tools and seeds.
She never gave a logical reason why she targeted garden supplies, but most people in the preparedness community understood very well what this was all about: This was a beta-test for wider restrictions on food independence. There was widespread rhetoric in the media throughout 2020 attacking anyone stockpiling necessities as “hoarders,” and now they were going after people planning ahead and trying to grow their own food. The establishment did NOT want people to store or produce a personal food supply.
Another prospect that was being openly discussed among globalists was the idea that lockdowns were “helpful” in ways beyond stopping the spread of covid (the lockdowns were actually useless in stopping the spread of covid). They suggested that the these measures could be effective in preventing global carbon emissions and saving the world from “climate change.” The idea of climate lockdowns began to spread.
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Recipes & Costs
Easy powder laundry detergent: (‘easy’ is questionable, lol)
1. 1 4-5 oz. bar of soap, grated*
2. 1 cup of borax
3. 1 cup of washing soda
Unwrap the Fels-Naptha soap and microwave at 30-second intervals on a paper plate until it gets all puffy. The puffiness makes the dense soap much simpler to grate to the fine texture that’s needed for easy dissolving. Allow the soap to cool completely before grating or it’ll get clumpy. Put it in a plastic grocery bag and run a rolling pin over it. If using Zote, dry well after microwaving and before processing - about 250°for 30 min. Or chop the cooled soap into chunks and place into a food processor one bar at a time. Add about 1/4 cup of the baking soda to keep the soap from clumping together. (You can also use a hand grater for this part, but it’ll take a little longer. Still easier with the puffy soap than if you had a regular bar.) Process until it’s really finely grated, resembling the texture of cornmeal. The more finely grated the soap is, the better it’ll dissolve in your washing machine, especially in cold water.
*1 3/4 cup Fels Naptha or 1 1/4 cup Zote, pulverized using the microwave method.
Use 1-2 tbsp per load.
Can add to 1 quart + 1 gallon water for a liquid/gel detergent.
Liquid laundry detergent
1/2 cup grated soap melted in 4 cups hot water, then add 1/4 cup Washing Soda and 1/4 cup Borax. Stir until smooth. Add 1/4 cup Vinegar. Will foam up when add vinegar, but keep stirring. Stir until cooled a little. Add 2 cups water and stir. Can add hot water if is too snot-like. Add 2 cups more water. And one more time. Stir constantly until cool. Use 1/4 - 1/3 capful. Works great!
If ends up like snot, then bring to a boil, then cool while whisking constantly to a smooth texture.
(I kept having to add water since it kept thickening up!)
1 recipe makes almost 100 ounces.
Cost Analysis – updated 2024
Super Wash Soda:
$5.38/55 oz = $0.0987/oz
1/4 cup = 2.5 oz
$0.0987/oz * 2.5 oz = $0.25/ 1/4 cup
Borax:
$5.97/65 oz = $0.092/oz
1/4 cup = 2 oz
$0.092/oz * 2 oz = $0.18 / 1/4 cup
Fels Naptha:
$1.78 per bar
1/2 cup is about 1/2 bar
$0.89 per 1/2 cup
Vinegar:
~$0.08 / 1/4 cup
Sum: $1.40 per 100 oz (Arm&Hammer $9.48, Equate $7.67)
$2.10 per 150 oz
Quite a cost savings!!