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FerFAL

Book disclaimer

Book disclaimer

Thought I do it before the book arrives.
The book, mostly the self defense chapters, are for entertainment or educational use only and training should be done with an instructor.
Knives are lethal weapons as most of your already know so be ready to see trial if used under the wrong circumstances.
If you open a person’s belly with one of those very nice, razor sharp folders most of us carry around, as described on the book, of course the guts will pour out. Very effective but very brutal.
The pics WONT be nice. If you do it just imagine facing trial with that kind of evidence against you.
If you do it you better have a damn good justification. The person you put down should have a thick police report, or else you’ll be the one that looks like a total maniac in court.
Be careful when training and practicing blood chokes and Dear God DON’T be stupid and do what I mention as a “suggestion” regarding using the arms as leverage during the rear naked choke to separate the vertebras in a real life or death fight. If you do this you brake the person’s spine, period.
Id’ hate to think that kids may try this out and seriously and permanently hurt one another.
About briberies, again don’t be stupid and try to get out of a ticket with a 100 buck bill, “ Ferfal told me so”.
If I do it in Argentina it’s because the nice person in the police uniform can get very pissed if you don’t pay him off. It’s more of a robbery than a bribe.
The good law enforcement and military personnel in USA are not the same thing. You’ll terribly offend them and they’ll lock you up (rightfully so)
So, bribing in a South America and other 3rd world countries: You probably don’t have an alternative.
Bribing in a 1st world country: You get yourself in a lot of trouble.

Please, I know a lot of books have similar disclaimers, but it’s important in this one.
Try to learn from the general philosophy I want to download into people’s brain, learn from the parallelisms, but also think for yourselves and know to tell the differences.

FerFAL

Dengue, censorship and lies.

First I want to say THANK YOU to everyone buying the book.

This is the situation.

Argentina Dengue Outbreak Now 'Epidemic'

We simply do not know how bad things are regarding Dengue.
Today a representative of Doctors of the World said that the government is covering up the real numbers and pretty much not doing a thing about it.
A few days ago I was 7000 cases, today at least 40.000 people are infected and there’s heat wave hitting Bs As now that only makes the mosquito spread more.
How many died is one of those mysteries.
According to the guy from Doctors of the world. Official numbers should be multiplied by 5 and he doesn’t understand why the national emergency hasn’t been declared yet.
I already have lots of repellant, we use it and use tablets inside the house.
Remember what I said about censorship and lies making it impossible to fix the economy because you don’t have real data to work with?

Same thing is happening with Dengue.

They try to cover it up, lie about it and it makes matters worse.
More people are getting infected, and people don’t have enough information.
Dengue becomes lethal once you get infected a number of times. If you survive the first time, your chances of survival drop the second time, and the third time.
We decided that if once of us gets infected, specially our children, I’m sending my wife and kids to Spain with my parents.
ON the news they are telling what everyone with an oz. Of brain knows, what I talk about here and wrote about in the book: The generalized poverty, primitive homes, poor water storage conditions, trash and abandoned land turned into illegal junkyards, it all makes matters worse and greatly boost the spreading of Dengue and other diseases.

FerFAL

Dual Citizenship

Wathching the Coming Storm said...
Other posters are correct - this is exactly what is happening in the US, but at a much slower pace.

FerFal, I have some questions for you, and perhaps you would be willing to answer in a post so that others could benefit.

First, if one could get dual citizenship in another country, would you advise it? For example, I am of Italian descent, and I am thinking of getting dual Italian-US citizenship. Do you see any advantages and disadvantages to this?

Second, if my father was Argentine and my mother was American, would that qualify me for Argentine citizenship?

People, I’m sorry for not answering some of the emails and questions. I’ve been really busy with the book.
About downloadable versions, I know it’s a problem for some of you to get the book but please understand the amount of work I’ve put into it ( and of course the blog that is free and anyone can ask anything and I’ll do my best to answer).
Sending it for free or selling a downloadable version would be assuming a huge risk. All you need is one person uploading it to share and your hard work goes to waste.
Not to mention that people can simply change the name, edit it and put it online as their own material, which s something that has happened to me before. (As you can see now, my name is not Esteban Morales :) )
About the comment, with an Argentine mother you can become an Argentine resident, but better look into that a bit more. I don’t think you can have dual citizen with Arg. and USA. But you can apparently be USA-EU just like I am Arg.-EU.
I have both Argentine (place of birth) and European citizenship (Jus sanguinis "right of blood"). My father was born in Spain and So were my mother’s parents.
Having the EU citizenship gives you a lot of benefits. You may or may not like the socialist twist Europe has. I certainly do not like that much socialism, none the less the advantages of dual citizenship are still there.
In my book there’s a chapter precisely about relocation, and I suggest having 3 countries, plan A, B and C as last resort plans.
Relocating…………………………………………………………..246
3 Countries: Plan A, B, and C……………………………….247

If there’s anarchy in a country bugging in and shooting bad guys all day isn’t much of a plan. In my opinion you should leave such country before that.
When the civil war hit Spain my grandparents moved to Argentina. When there was the Dirty War in Argentina, those that had strong political backgrounds exiled to other countries, during the 2001 crisis a lot of people left, they left by the thousands and many paid dearly to have lawyers and researchers gather enough proof of a Italian or Spaniard relative so as to get the much sought after EU citizenship.
So yes, it is a good idea if you can get it.
I didn’t know if you can get the Italian citizenship and keep the American one as well, but then I found this article.
I’m not the most sensitive guy on the planet, but the title shocked me because it’s EXACTLY what happened in Argentina.
Replace “U.S.” and “Americans” with “Argentina” and “Argentines” and this could have been a 2002 title of a Buenos Aires paper.

With U.S. in slump, dual citizenship in EU countries attracts Americans


My idea is to have at least three alternatives, plan A Band c, A being your current home country and B being your other 1st world alternative. If something happens in US, you move to another country of somewhat equal standard of living. Plan C is your serious, more unlikely and far fetched SHTF plan, mostly a far away country (3rd world) where your little investments or retirement multiply in buying capacity. Example, Argentina or other south American countries, maybe Philippines if you have friends or family there.
This isn’t any novel idea. It’s been decades since Ted Turner and Arnold Schwarzenegger own lots of land and nice retreats in Patagonia here in Argentina. Lots of land, food and mostly a lot of potable water thanks to the glaciers and mountain lakes.
These guys, you may not like them, but stupid they are not.
About being patriotic or not, I don’t think its got anything to do with taking advantage of the possibilities you have. It’s not as if you’d go fight for the Germans if they ever start war with the US.

FerFAL

The Book is finally finished and available. =^ )

My dear friends,

It’s 4AM here and I’m dog tired.

I just finished uploading the book to lulu and it’s now available for purchase.

Visit there and you can take a look at the back cover and index.

http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/surviving-the-economic-collapse-a-modern-survival-manual/6745965

For those that don’t know about it, Lulu.com is the world’s largest print-on-demand company so it’s pretty safe.

In the end it turned out to be a 250 page book, 98.000 words long.

At first I wanted to do a 50.000 word manual just with the basics and relating some personal experience but well, sometimes your creations take control of things and you just try to hang on.

These last few (months?) I’ve been just a holographic image in my house. Writing this book absorbed all of my time.

I remember when I said I’d try to finish the book by Christmas 2008 :)…

I’m sorry for all these delays. I never wrote a book before so I had no idea.

But well, thank God now it’s done.

Thanks for all the support and suggestions. I had lots of ideas thanks to you guys for a better cover but I just wanted to finish once and for all so I used what I had.

Read it several times but I’m sure there’s enough typo errors.

Given that English is my second language I did my best to make it as clear and error free as possible. Sill, when you have nearly 100.000 words it’s easy to make mistakes.

Other than that… the book rocks!:)

I know “parents” can’t be very objective but it’s the kind of book I wish I had found myself a long time ago, but never did.

I’ll nervously wait for the reviews but I think there’s a bit for everyone. Hard core survivalist, guy just getting started, or just for handing over to the girlfriend or wife.

Yes, I’m definitely not objective :) I’ll wait and see what you guys think about it.

I’ll leave the index here so you can have a better idea of what the book is about.

There are some things I use in the book that can be found in the blog as well. The Emergency bag, edc , and altoids kit I just copied the lists.

I also used the article on SHTF gun cleaning since I think is good to have in the manual.

Other than that and maybe a couple more pages where I found myself writing the same thing twice, its all original content that I’ve been writing for a long time.

The price is 29,95 . I know there are cheaper books but I’m doing the print on demand thing here. Less than that an honestly, I couldn’t have written the book. I took a huge risk just by dedicating so much time to it with the hope that people would like it and it would sell well.

Again, I’m sorry for the delays, as well as the unanswered emails and messages.

I’ll go get some much deserved sleep now.

Again, thanks everyone for the support. Hope you all have a nice Holy Saturday. God bless you all.

Index

Introduction

A little about the author………………………………….11

What happened in Argentina ……………………………12

Why did I write this book………………………………..15

What to expect from this book ………………………….19

How to use this book……………………………………22

Why prepare……………………………………………..25

Types of survivalists……………………………………..28

The Little House on the Prairie Syndrome………………30

Risk Assessment…………………………………………31

Getting your mind and body ready………………………32

Your Home

City or Country: Where to live?………………………….37

Home security…………………………………………...42

Your Security

At the house……………………………………………..44

Dogs…………………………………………………….45

On foot………………………………………………….49

Identifying threats……………………………………….51

Most common type crimes………………………………52

Your vehicle

Motorcycles, Quads and Bicycles………………………...55

Cars……………………………………………………...56

Defensive Driving: How to drive during tough times……60

Evasive Driving Techniques……………………………..64

Your Gear

Your gear………………………………………………..66

Home Gear……………………………………………...67

If you could go back in time... ………………………….72

Bug out Bag (BOB)…………………………………...………...73

Every day carry (EDC)………………………………………….78

The survival emergency kit (SEK)………………………………81

Your Food……………………………………………………... 84

What to store……………………………………………………87

How to cook it………………………………………………….90

Game to be found in the city……………………………………91

Your Water……………………………………………………...94

Storing water……………………………………………………94

How much water do you need…………………………………..96

Potable water……………………………………………………98

Treating water………………………………………………….100

Your Self Defense Skills

Hand to Hand Fighting………………………………………...103

The right instincts……………………………………………...103

Your Training………………………………………………….105

Some basic points on hand to hand fighting…………………....108

Self Defense for Women………………………………………112

The fighting Knife……………………………………..……..116

Choosing a knife for self defense………………………………117

Knife Fighting…………………………………………………122

Knife attacks…………………………………………………..126

Where to strike………………………………………………...129

Gaucho Knife Fighting Tricks…………………………………132

Spears………………………………………………………….135

Unconventional Weapons ……………………………………..136

Firearms……………………………………………………….139

Quick Firearms introduction…………………………………...143

The killer inside you…………………………………………....148

What should I get?……………………………………………..151

Self Defense Shooting………………………………………….154

Calibers and Stopping Power…………………………………..162

About Pistols and Revolvers………………………………………...164

Other Firearms………………………………………………...……166

Your firearms Battery……………………………………………….172

Tips and mistakes I made regarding firearms………………………...178

SHTF Gun Cleaning………………………………………………...180

After the fight……………………………………………………….182

You Finances, your money

Cash is King…………………………………………………………187

The importance of Precious Metals………………………………….190

Recession proof jobs………………………………………………....196

Making money……………………………………………………….199

Real Estate…………………………………………………………...204

Bartering: First steps into rebuilding commerce……………………...209

The Art of Bargaining and Haggling………………………………...213

Using gold or other forms of foreign currency after the crisis………..219

Networking and making new friends………………...…………...223

People to be Friends with…………………………………………....227

Your Government…………………………………………………..232

What to expect during and after the Economic Collapse……………234

A New Mentality……………………………..……………………240

Bribing……………………………………………………………...241

Riots and Looting…………………………………………………..243

Relocating…………………………………………………………..246

3 Countries: Plan A, B, and C……………………………….247

My Wife’s Advice……………………………………………251

Epilogue……………………………..…………………….253

FerFAL