Day: June 17, 2008

Notes from JWR

The high bid in the new SurvivalBlog Benefit Auction is at $230. This auction is for two cases (12 cans) of Mountain House freeze dried foods in #10 cans donated by Ready Made Resources, valued at $260, a course certificate for a four-day Bushcraft & Survival Course valued at $550, 25 pounds of green (un-roasted) Colombian Supremo coffee courtesy of www.cmebrew.com valued at $88.75, and a set of 1,600 U.S. Military Manuals, Government Manuals, and Civil Defense Manuals, Firearm Manuals on two CD-ROM disks, valued at $20. Please e-mail us your bids, in $10 increments. The following is another article–commendably …


After 10 Years–Some Observations and Lessons Learned by a Y2K-Era Prepper

It was June, 1998. Y2K was a salient topic of conversation. It got my attention. When the electricity went off and there would be no water to drink, and no fuel to move food to the JIT grocery stores, I could see things getting very ugly. I had been willing to fight for this nation as a member of the US Army. Now it was time to fight for my household. I bought a Springfield Armory M1A. I bought a safe to store it in. I bought another M1A (for the spousal unit of course!) I bought ammo. Lots of …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Eric (a frequent content contributor) spotted this: Farms Take Root in Detroit’s Foreclosures. Eric”s comment: “These articles about urban farming are popping up everywhere, where even a few weeks ago there were only a handful of articles on the subject a week now there are many more. Times are a changin’”    o o o Thanks to KAF for finding this: Waves of Emigrants Leaving Britain.    o o o Hawaiian K. sent this from Money Week: Why gold could hit $8,500 an ounce    o o o Kudos to JT for finding this: Nestlé’s Chairman: High food prices here …


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

"I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to a republic; inasmuch as it is calculated to raise around the administration a moneyed aristocracy dangerous to the liberties of the country." – President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), (from a letter to T.H. Colman, 26 April, 1824)