Our mid-year 25%-off sale on the SurvivalBlog Archive CD-ROM ends on May 31st. The latest six-year compilation includes as a bonus my nonfiction book “Rawles on Retreats and Relocation” in digital format. (In hard copy, that book sells for $28.) At the sale price, the CD-ROM is just $11.25 and the Digital Download is just $7.50. Be sure to order your copy before the sale ends.
Back in the day, when I lived in Chicago, I worked as a Private Investigator for a lot of years. I usually carried either my S&W Model 686 4″ barrel revolver, or my Ruger Security Six 4″ barrel revolver – both .357 Magnum guns, plus a couple spare speed loaders. I found that I could more easily conceal those big revolvers in shoulder holsters instead of belt holsters under my suit jacket. I also packed some kind of .38 Special snubby revolver in an ankle holster as a back-up. Unlike the police, I couldn’t call for back-up if something went …
James Wesley: We have frequent power outages. We bought a [deep cycle] marine battery from Bass Pro Shops that was intended use with a trolling motor. We keep this battery continuously trickle-charged. A small inverter from Radio Shack provides 120 VAC for three strings of white LED Christmas lights attached to the uppermost part of the most important wall. A charged trolling motor battery will keep these efficient lights on for a very long time. All we have to do is to plug the lights into the inverter socket. Very safe. – Anonymous JWR Replies: It would be much more efficient …
JWR, Not to share my misery, but this is a warning to anyone that has items in a climate-controlled rental storage unit. My unit was hit and no one knows when it and all the others were hit until one guy noticed some items missing and filed a police report. The facility owners chopped off all the locks to all of their climate-controlled units and put their own locks on it. Then they started calling the owners and verified what was in each unit. Here is what happened: The robbers chopped the locks off, burglarized many items, and then …
Dear Jim, In reference to the recently mentioned “housing bottom” article: Most of the articles we’ve read from the various real estate analysts say that housing prices haven’t actually hit bottom yet because the peak of the adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) resets aren’t done until January, though most are done by this August. Throw in financial inertia, as homeowners balk at their new mortgage rate in the face of their home having lost half its value in many cases due to the economy and the prior bubble, and we should expect a surge of foreclosures over the next 18 months. …
Dear SurvivalBloggers: For all who are called to the American Redoubt: Secure your food and preserve your freedom of action! If you don’t have a place to grow your own healthy food, support those who do. Go in for shares. Help them every way you can. Growing all your own food now may not be economically viable, but secure sources of food are your lifeline in the future. Our goal should be not only to survive, but to thrive! My brother and I were born and raised in the American Redoubt and grew up living the life of “preppers” and …
Angela in Eastern Oregon’s Stuffed Green Pepper Soup: 1 Lb ground Italian Sausage or 1 can LTS Ground Beef 8 Cups of Boiling Water 1 1/2 Cups White Rice 3 tbls dehydrated Onion Flakes 1 tbls dehydrated diced carrots 1/4 cup dehydrated Celery 1/2 cup dehydrated Green & Red Pepper Flakes 3 tbls Dehydrated tomato powder, add water until it has a paste consistency. 2 tbls Beef Bouillon 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper flakes (optional) 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder In skillet brown the Italian Sausage (breaking into bite sized pieces), some will want to drain of the excess grease …
G.G. sent this: ‘High Inflation Causes Societies to Disintegrate’ Thanks to Jeff W. for this one: Greece Exit, Euro-Zone Collapse, Spain and Portugal Will Follow Within Six Months Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO. (OBTW , the earlier report of Michelle Bachmann earning Swiss citizenship has already been overcome by events. She has declined it.) Chartist analyst Willem Weytjens predicts: 20 Years From Now: Gold @ $12,000 & Silver @ $1,000? Another from G.G.: Regulators Close Florida Bank; Failure Toll Rises to 23 in 2012 Items from The Economatrix: Drop In Jobless Claims Eases Labor Market Fears …
SurvivalBlog’s Pat Cascio sent this: After the Quake, Japanese Shop for Survival o o o A reminder that another Self Reliance Expo will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 18-19, 2012. There will be more than 64 training classes, including a suturing class. (That one always has overflow attendance.) Karen Hood will be the keynote speaker. There are lots of interesting panel discussions including Women in Prepping — a five woman panel. There will be a half dozen SurvivalBlog advertisers there including The Appleseed Project. SurvivalBlog’s Central Rockies Regional Editor (“L.K.O.”) will be attending. o o o …
“My investing model is ABCD: Anything Bernanke Cannot Destroy: flashlight batteries, canned beans, bottled water, gold, a cabin in the mountains.” – David Stockman, in a May, 2012 interview