Day: January 18, 2010

Letter Re: Constructing Farm Ponds

James, Hail from Kentucky. I just wanted to add my two cents and maybe some advice to anyone thinking about building a pond to help support their retreat. I just want to say that I am not an expert, just learned a thing or two from the school of hard knocks, and would love to hear the feed back and thoughts of other SurvivalBloggers. I saw a post by a lady a week or so ago that mentioned she wanted to have a pond dug on her five acre plot but she stated that the water table is 12 feet …


Three Letters Re: Marksmanship Training

Sir: For the past 12 years I have served in the US Army as an Infantryman. Two deployments to Iraq and one in Afghanistan have taught me valuable lessons that I will never forget. The biggest one being the importance of marksmanship. There is not a firearm in the word that will make up for lack of practice or being a lousy shot. Some considerations… While at the range do you only fire from the standing position? In a gunfight the name of the game is finding cover and concealment and returning accurate fire. Standing is almost never the best …


Two Letters Re: The “After Armageddon” Documentary

Jim, I wanted to give a shout out to Michael Bane and the others with common sense who helped with the “After Armageddon” docudrama. I was pleasantly surprised when my wife wanted to watch the History Channel for once. The scales fell from her eyes while she was watching, how fragile our lives and standard of living can be. Right after she started asking “Is that why….” (you fill in the blanks) I was elated! Now she understands my favorite saying, “hope for the best & prepare for the worst.” That used to make her roll her eyes. She always …


Economics and Investing:

Is the American Economy Destined to Fail? Government Bonds — the New Junk? Items from The Economatrix: Dubai World Tries to Keep Banks at Bay with Six-Month Standstill on its Debts Horizon Bank of Bellingham, Washington First Bank Failure of 2010 Four Economic Scenarios You Better Hope Won’t Materialize For Every One Job There are Six Jobless Applicants Financial Markets and Economic Crisis Outlook 2010, When Hope Turns to Fear Dr. Gary North: Deflationists Predicting Price Deflation are Not Economists, They are Journalists What Happens When the Fed Stops Quantitative Easing Howard Ruff Preparing for Rough Times By Hedging Against …


Odds ‘n Sods:

From Discovery.com: Laminated Linen Protected Alexander the Great    o o o Mike M. flagged this US Geological Survey PDF: Consequences of an Earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone    o o o Lynch mob beats to death a looter and drags his body through the streets as Haiti descends into anarchy. A tip of the hat to GG for the link.