Day: May 12, 2010

Notes from JWR:

Reader Justin S. sent me this article that has some OPSEC implications for prepared families: Multi-level bunker found under East Austin home. Justin’s comment: “I thought this might interest you if you haven’t already seen it. The implications are obvious and interesting. Does the man get to retain his property or does he have his weapons and house confiscated for ‘building code violations?’” Learn from this, folks! — Today we present another entry for Round 28 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round will include: First Prize: A.) A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate …


Saving in the Hard Times, for the Harder Times, by Mrs. C.J. in San Diego

I am by no means a financial expert and have lived most of my life from paycheck to paycheck, so the first thing I thought of when I read “Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse”was “Wow, those guys must have been rich to buy all that stuff!” I was very overwhelmed and felt somewhat hopeless that I could ever have enough money to buy the things we needed to make it through TEOTWAWKI, especially now that the economy is worsening, and people have less and less money. So I set out to figure out what I would …


Letter Re: Managing Back and Joint Pain

Jim, I recently “took a bad turn” and re-experienced some back pain. My original injury was in 1979, when I was in the military. After three days I decided to see a chiropractor … like many men, I will see a Doctor only when I have one foot in the grave … (insert visual of wives nodding their heads here). This painful episode got me thinking about survival pain management. In a previous career, I was the Safety Manager at a poultry processing plant. One of my duties was to manage the in-house Clinic staffed with RNs and LPNs and …


Economics and Investing:

Les K. sent this: Federal Reserve opens credit line to Europe Breakfast with the FT: Nouriel Roubini. (Thanks to Mike O. for the link.) Kevin S. forwarded this: U.S. Debt Shock May Hit in 2018, Maybe as Soon as 2013: Moody’s. Fed Restarts Currency Swaps as EU Debt Crisis Flares. Read between the lines! Cui bono? Stocks Mostly Hold Gains After European Bailout SEC: Regulators Yet to Determine Cause of Plunge Items from The Economatrix: US Gold Coin Sales Surge as Investors Flee Risk Who’s on the Hook for the IMF’s Greek Bailout? Fears Intensify About Greek Crisis’ Impact on …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Mountain lion confirmed in rural Greene County, Indiana (Thanks to SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large Michael Z. Williamson for spotting that article.)    o o o A word of warning to field foragers: Hemlock May Have Caused Tacoma Woman’s Death. (It is important to learn how to identify poison hemlock — not to be confused with the various hemlock trees.)    o o o K.L. in Alaska spotted this piece in a Prescott, Arizona newspaper about Cory Lundin: Local survival teacher gets Discovery Channel TV series    o o o You read about this first in SurvivalBlog: Could another Icelandic volcano …