Day: June 22, 2010

Notes from JWR:

Here’s a gift for the prepper that has everything: A dedicated digital device “Playaway” of my latest book. (I had no idea that such a product even existed. It looks like a pair of ear buds are included. Wonders will never cease!) — Today we present another entry for Round 29 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 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 …


A Checklist for Beginning Gardeners by AK in Texas

You’re sure there aren’t any bugs in the garden.  The plants, the few that grew, don’t look like there’s an infestation or fungal problem.  There’s no odd spots or discolorations.  And yet, the radishes and carrots, with their deceptively lovely tops, haven’t produced anything more than pencil-thin roots underground.  The tomatoes produced one or two extremely delicious globes of fruit so that’s encouraging, but they never got to the height you expected or produced the amount you thought they would.  And forget about the lettuce.  It didn’t even show.  In fact, the only thing that seems to be doing well …


Letter Re: Walking –An Ideal Form of Exercise

Jim, I am a nurse anesthetist currently working in Georgia. In the short time of about a year, I have been involved with preparing for a possibly very ugly future. I wanted to state that your web site has been extremely helpful. Your contributors on the blog site have given me many directions in which to prepare and think, as well as yourself. Last summer, I was in a Borders bookstore with my wife and was passing a table in which your novel; “Patriots” was presented. It caught my eye, and I bought it. It was a real page turner …


Economics and Investing:

The soaring prices of gold and silver have been making lots of headlines, recently. All that I can say is that I told you so. I still recommend buying silver, on the dips! A preview for other States? Nearly Bankrupt Illinois Forced to Pay Through The Nose to Borrow Money. Gold’s Rise is “a Sign of Anxiety,” Not Inflation, ECRI’s Achuthan Says. “This next decade is going to be much more volatile…” Items from The Economatrix: Economy May Never Recover from Banking Crisis, Warns OBR 14 Reasons Why The US Government Will Never Have a Balanced Budget Again Russia to …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Jeff E. spotted this article from Florida: Brazen home-invasion robberies stir Jupiter Farms residents to action    o o o RBS suggested this New York Post article: $7-a-gallon gas?    o o o Reader David W. wrote to mention that last week all of Intuit’s online services went down for several days. This sent much of the company’s critical accounting system, payroll and credit card business into cloudy limbo. Intuit’s President sent out this apology. David comments: “This was reportedly caused by a power failure that cascaded. But no one is talking about where or how a massively redundant distributed, …


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

Conan The Objectivist: “Nay, to outwit your enemies, to see them fall at your feet — to purchase their horses and goods at low, low prices, hear the lamentation of their women and to deliver a six-hour speech, exposing the shortcomings of their philosophy and worldview and establishing a sane and logical framework in its place. That is best.” – Conan The Objectivist, Blogger Roberta X.