Day: August 24, 2009

Two Letters Re: Canning Your Own Butter

I’ve made several jars of canned butter using the recipe at the End Times Report web site and they turn out just fine and will keep for three years or more. This is very economical to do. Here is also another resource for purchasing canned butter – but making it is so easy and very good. My prayers go to you and your beloved wife as our Lord and Savior prepares her way into His presence. He holds you both very close in this time. – Pat B. in California Mr. Rawles: Now you can purchase canned butter from The …


Eight Letters Re: The Usefulness of the AK-47 as a Survival Rifle

James In reply to the 20 Aug 09 letter on the AK series rifles, I feel I should add my experiences. I recently returned from Afghanistan where I worked as a security contractor. When I got there our guard force was armed with the AK but many of the rifles were in poor condition. An initial inspection showed at least 30% of them weren’t worth having and the initial range training proved things to be much worse. I won’t bore you with the details but in the end we had to go through 56 rifles to find 19 that would …


Influenza Pandemic Update:

WHO predicts ‘explosion’ of swine flu cases JHB sent us a link to an updated H1N1 interactive map. Swine Flu Threat to Business Prompts a Call for Readiness Government Enlists Employers’ Help To Contain Flu Swine Flu Pandemic Paradox Kills Few, Overwhelms Hospital ICUs New Swine-Flu Vaccination to Be Ready in US By Mid-October Swine Flu Shots May Be Too Little, Too Late to Stop Outbreaks Most UK Companies Already Hit by Swine Flu Plans Drawn Up for Mass Swine Flu Graves Ill-Prepared Africa Braces as Swine Flu Hits


Economics and Investing:

The other shoe has finally dropped: China reduces holdings in US debt. Expect more of the same in the months to come. (Thanks to Dave S. for the link.) From GG: Mounting joblessness fuels US housing crisis Noah was the first of several readers to mention this article about the failure of the second largest US bank of the year: Bank Failure #81: Down Goes Guaranty Items from The Economatrix: The Mother of all Bank Runs Unemployment: The Worst Hit States in July US Stocks Rise, Sending S&P to Highest Level in 10 Months Bank Failures in the US Even …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Reader G.D.T. sent us a story that recently appeared in The Wall Street Journal. G.D.T. wrote: “I saw the link about cattle rustling in Pennsylvania. Now folks are stealing hay in Texas.”    o o o Tamara posted this bit of levity that has a serious lesson attached: A more dangerous breed of junkie. The point is that there was no Matrix-esque bullet-dodging going on. This was just an all-too common case of a poorly trained cop that unloaded in the general direction of his intended target–and he didn’t hit score any hits. Only hits count!    o o o …