Jim’s Quote of the Day:
“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.” – Charles M. Schulz (American cartoonist, 1922-2000)
Month: December 2009
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Notes from JWR:
We’ve completed the judging for Round 25 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. And the winner is… First Prize goes to InfoRodeo for “The Dumpster List” posted on October 31st. He will receive: A.) A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted for military or government teams.) Three day onPoint courses normally cost between $500 and $600, and B.) Two cases of Mountain House freeze dried assorted entrees, in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources. (A $392 value.), and C.) A HAZARiD Decontamination Kit from …
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Ladies’ Needs in TEOTWAWKI–Thinking Beyond Menstrual Supplies, by Jeanan
I’m kind of a weird woman, not really a “girly” girl. I grew up on horseback, helping my Daddy out in his oilfield service company shop (my job was to clean old parts), and playing cowboys and Indians out with my brother. I like my guns and my motorcycle now, and I’ve been preparing for a SHTF scenario for almost a year. My career is also kind of weird, I repair musical instruments. School band instruments, flutes, clarinets, saxophones, that sort of thing. My husband is also an instrument repair technician, and we began our own business about seven years …
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Letter Re: The Best Defense Show on The Outdoor Channel
James, I have been soaking up your web site for the last month now with great respect, thank you for this wealth of knowledge. You may or may not be aware of a television show that is on the outdoor channel called “The Best Defense” they have completed their second season earlier this year. The first season was all about personal self defense, awareness, and they reviewed a lot of handguns. The second season is the “survival” series covering topics from HazMat, forest fires, earth quakes, civic unrest, to economic collapse, some group and team development, and they moved into …
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David in Israel Re: Distilled Spirits for Barter
James, When I was in the US I stored taxed Everclear and the less expensive off brand of 190 proof grain alcohol in new non-breakable Nalgene laboratory plastic containers since it could be used for festive food/drink or various medical purposes and is still useful as a stove fuel (alcohol stoves only) or primer for kerosene and diesel fuel stoves. Currently I keep a few bottles of methanol poisoned ethanol paint thinner for my ultra light stove and priming the heavy fuels stoves. For those with the cheap hard liquor food grade charcoal filtration will remove the nasty volatile organics …
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Two Letters Re: Securing Bedroom Doors Against Home Invaders
James, As a fireman, my point of view may help Dan M. JWR’s reply about home construction is spot on which makes it possible for us to get in and out of rooms to search for victims and escape if egress is blocked. Combining the mentality of preparedness and firefighting has been difficult for me as I would hate to trap anyone in or out of my house in a fire or collapse that would happen before TEOTWAWKI. I know that fires and collapse from an earthquake, flood, or landslide are all qualifying TSHTF events, which is what we are …
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Economics and Investing:
GG sent this: Far from being a safe haven, the dollar is the likely source of the next financial crisis Also from GG: We must get ready for a weak-dollar world Items from The Economatrix: UAE to Back Banks Amid Dubai Meltdown Professor Advises Underwater Mortgage Holders to Walk Away From Mortgage (Back in August, 2005, JWR warned us that these walk-aways were coming.) Furious Investors Warn Dubai it Will Never Raise Another Penny How Much Longer Can the Dollar Defy Gravity? South Africa’s Golden Age Coming to An End Senator Opposes Bernanke’s Renomination Few Signposts Mark the Road to …
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Odds ‘n Sods:
Jim B. sent a link to a BBC story about a British prisoner of war who smuggled himself into Auschwitz during WWII. It includes some interesting observations on cigarettes as barter items. o o o Courtesy of Captain Bill and Bayou Renaissance Man, a The Daily Mail piece about a British couple who demonstrated what not to do when your house catches fire. o o o SurvivalBlog regular Bill Buppert sent a link to a study on the effectiveness of current camouflage patterns. Bill’s comments: “One of the keenest bits of advice is contained in paragraph 4.b. in …
Jim’s Quote of the Day:
"We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate." – Thomas Jefferson