Glenn Beck’s GBTV has announced a new television series about off-grid living: Independence, USA. “Join the Belcastro Family as They Prepare for an Independent Life Off the Grid.” o o o Cheryl N. recommended: Antibiotics and Their Use in Collapse Medicine o o o Paulette W. suggested this piece: Dark Arts for Good Guys: The Right to Knife o o o Judy T. sent this news from Western Washington: Poacher shoots cows with arrows in Cowlitz County
“Anything that is on paper anything that involves a promise or a commitment is no longer valid because as we said there isn’t a rule of law anymore. People can steal from you. Your money can be confiscated. And think how easy now it is to confiscate people’s wealth. Most of our wealth in this society exists as zeroes and ones on a computer server. It takes no effort whatsoever to steal zeros and ones on a computer server. So what I have been telling people is you need to get into physical commodities. And the rule of thumb is …
Readers with Android phones will be pleased to hear that there is now a free “SurvivalBlog Reader” App available. It was kindly developed by “B.C”. — who I’ve just awarded a $200 Amazon gift certificate, as a token of my appreciation. — Today we present another entry for Round 38 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A.) A gift certificate worth $1,000, courtesy of Spec Ops Brand, B.) 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 …
With all of the injuries that we learn to treat in the Army’s combat medic training program, there are two killers that must be addressed immediately after any contact with the enemy. The first is the sucking chest wound… and I have to say, these quite frankly, suck. Forgive the humor but they do just that. The medical field describes these wounds as this: Sucking Chest wound- a wound received by way of penetration or laceration to the thoracic cavity which causes air and or blood to be trapped in the pleural space. Air is sucked through the wound during …
Jim, I just purchased an very clean cosmoline-packed SKS at local gun show as my first rifle (other than a .22 LR) My only purpose to own it is Golden Horde repellant. I know it’s not your favorite, but it’s the best my budget would allow right now. Now that I’ve gotten the cosmo out, I just got a very clean cosmo-packed Mosin at a great price from a local dealer. Is it redundant to own both weapons? I’m no enthusiast just prepping for the worst. I hate bolt action (especially since I shoot off left shoulder) but it seems …
Mr. Rawles: As always, thank you for your excellent blog which is required daily reading for anyone who wants to stand a chance, post-TEOTWAWKI. A quick note about Tuesday’s essay, “”I Can See You” — A Digital View of Your Survival Preparations,” by Dave X. Though the points Dave makes, regarding database files on every aspect of our lives, are valid, it is important to remember the PSYOPs of the secret police in communist East Germany, the Stasi. They tried to intimidate the citizenry into submission by implying that they had a dossier on every citizen. After the collapse of …
Tweet sparks 10,000-strong rush on Latvian bank after rumours it was in financial crisis. (Thanks to J.B.G. for the link.) Pinning down the fine print at E Trade, Scottrade, and Fidelity on hypothecation policies Gerald Celente: Predicts An Economic 9/11 For The United States Economy The Daily Bell asks: BIS Calls for Hyperinflationary Depression? Karl Denninger: Wheeee! We Go Down The Bowl Last! Items from The Economatrix: Back-door Bank Runs In Europe Have Started Is The Eurozone Banking System About To Collapse Signs of Disintegration Jim Sinclair On Gold And The World Financial System
SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large “Mad Mike” Williamson alerted me to this uplifting news story about The Made In America Challenge. (Not surprisingly, the contractor lives in Bozeman, Montana, deep in The American Redoubt. Quite few of the vendors are in the Redoubt, too–such as Potlach, for their plywood.) Here’s the list of U.S. vendors that the contractor uses. o o o Another from Mike, and also sent in by reader Eric M.: DARPA’s Shredder Challenge Solved. Obviously, using a crosscut shredder is now insufficient. Wet mulching or burning your shredder’s “confetti” output is a sure bet. o o …
“It is obvious what’s been going on. You have to start acknowledging these people for what they are, and that is moral degenerates who are basically sociopaths and psychopaths. Meaning they don’t feel any sympathy or empathy for other human beings. The only thing they care about is themselves. They will do anything. They will steal. They will lie. They will cheat. They will lie to your face. They will look in the camera with this tremendous earnestness and lie with fork tongues through their teeth in order to advance their wealth and power. And if we, as a people, …
Today we present another entry for Round 38 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A.) A gift certificate worth $1,000, courtesy of Spec Ops Brand, B.) 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 $795, and C.) Two cases of Mountain House freeze dried assorted entrees in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources. (A $350 value.) D.) A 9-Tray Excalibur Food Dehydrator from Safecastle.com (a $275 …
Foreword: I design and operate databases for a living. The newest of these are assembled on analytic platforms structured to “draw conclusions” for clients in a wide (and formerly random) variety of scenarios. One of my developers is an analytic tools assembly expert who also works for some “security, emergency, and enforcement” government agencies in Washington, DC – all formerly separate agencies, and because of advancements in the technologies — now “interoperating”. I am also a prepper with a Bug Out locale that fulfills my “survival vision” and inherently has most of the natural survival essentials on site, but one …
The first 9mm handgun that I ever owned was the S&W Model 39. I carried that gun on-duty as a private investigator for a long time. I had a lot of confidence in that gun. And, back then, it was considered a real light-weight pistol at around 28 ounces, and it held 8+1 rounds of 9mm ammo – more than enough to stop most hostile actions, with a spare 8-rd mag on-hand, it was a hot seller. The Model 39 wasn’t exactly a compact pistol by any stretch of the imagination. If you wanted something smaller, many folks went to …
I have to agree with the recommendations for using Ichthammol for treating splinters and abscesses. Put it on the toughest, tiniest sliver and overnight it is out. Another extremely helpful use is to treat ingrown toenails, a condition that might necessitate minor surgery otherwise. It is truly wonderful stuff! Anything that smells that bad has got to be powerful medicine. – Maine Cruiser
Gerald B. recommended: The Engineered Euro Crash – William Engdahl on GRTV. Engdahl explains how the Greek government concealed the extent of their debt by using exotic derivatives provided by Goldman Sachs, and how Greece was later slammed by George Soros and “the Big Boys”. JWR Adds A Bit of Humor: But don’t blame Goldman Sachs, since any Greek will tell you that derivatives were invented in Greece. (After all, everything was a Greek invention.) Zero Hedge reports another Latvian bank run. Gold Model Forecasts $4,380 Gold Price. [JWR’s Comment: I’m generally anti-chartist, but this provides some food for thought.] …
The often-cited “Selco” forum posts with first-hand accounts of surviving the war in Bosnia have been gathered and edited by the Editor of TacticalIntelligence.net: SHTF Survival Q&A: A First-Hand Account of Long-Term SHTF Survival. o o o “The Old 16R” sent stumbled across a fascinating account while doing some research on food storage. He summarizes: “From what I can tell from the somewhat garbled [automated] translation, it seems that a chunk of old masonry fell from the second floor of a building on the grounds of a hospital in Germany. When the blocks fell they revealed an attic storage …