Day: March 21, 2009

Note from JWR:

Today we present another entry for Round 21 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The contest prizes include: First Prize: Two transferable Front Sight  “Gray” Four Day Training Course Certificates. This is an up to $4,000 value! Second Prize: A three day course certificate from OnPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. Third Prize: A copy of my “Rawles Gets You Ready” preparedness course, from Arbogast Publishing Round 21 ends on March 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that articles that relate practical “how to” skills for …


Emotional Stressors During Societal Collapse by Campcritter

As determined men and women of yesteryear made their way west to make for a better life, pioneer women often kept journals of their life on the great prairies or sent letters home to their sisters back East. In those letters they described the silence as the most unwelcome guest. These brave women wrote about being left for weeks on end alone, lost in an endless sea of grass with only the wind for company while the men hunted or went for supplies. In some cases the quiet was so severe that it became unbearable and the women developed mental …


Letter Re: Our Hurricane Rita Evac Proved a Point–Timing is Everything!

Dear Mr. Rawles, I was in Kingwood Texas, a suburb of Houston, and as keeping an eye on the Hurricane Rita projected tracks. When the “yellow cone of death” was centered squarely on Houston, I started to seriously access my situation. That Tuesday evening, everything still seemed sort of normal. The wife came home from work about 5 p.m. and we took the dog for a walk around 6 p.m. When we passed the local gas station that normally has 0-1 cars in it and there was a line 10 cars deep, I knew it was “time.” I told the …


Letter Re: Storing Peanut Butter

Morning Sir. I just wanted to add a quick note to the letter about peanut butter. As people purchase peanut butter, they should make sure it’s the “nothing but peanuts” variety. Most store brands and name brands are full of sugar and miscellaneous garbage. A good natural peanut butter will have a layer of oil on top. I’ve always found it quite useful to pour off the oil and save it…how much of a premium people pay for peanut oil all on its own! The rest of the jar of peanut butter doesn’t suffer for the lack of the oil. …


Economics and Investing:

G.G. flagged this editorial at US News & World Report: Obama’s Out of Control Spending Dwarfs the Wasted AIG Bailout Money Markku sent this: For Sale: The $100 House Items from The Economatrix: WH: Agenda on Track Despite Worsening Deficits Growing Transatlantic Tensions on Eve of G20 Summit UK Car Production Slumps 60% Sacramento Tent City to Be Relocated US is Already Bankrupt China Backs Russia’s Call to Replace Dollar as Reserve Joel Skousen: AIG Bonus Outrage–How Insiders Will Defuse It (Excerpt) Treasury Throws $5 Billion to Auto Suppliers The Mother of All Depressions (MOAD) “The meeting of the G20 …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Several readers sent us this:White House to break ground on ‘kitchen garden’ SurvivalBlog reader Don W. quipped: “Hey, they already have the guns and the gold. And that Marine [One] helicopter makes one heck of a Get Out of Dodge vehicle.”    o o o From Markku: FCC raids gang-sponsored pirate radio station in Florida    o o o So much for CCW in National Parks: (Thanks to Bill N. for the link.)    o o o From reader FloridaGuy: San Diego [California] Police Fear Growing Number of Activists Carrying Guns Openly. California’s quirky open carry law dates back to …