Day: August 9, 2012

Notes from JWR:

I just noticed that my yet-to-be-released Founders: A Novel of the Coming Collapse is now ranked around #2,200 in Amazon Best Sellers. Please stop pre-ordering, folks! Please wait until the release date (September 25th)–which is also our planned Book Bomb day–to order your copy. Not only will you get yours at a better price (probably around $11), you will also help boost the book’s sales rank–hopefully into Amazon’s Top 20 titles. Thanks! — Today we remember the birthday of inventor James Paris Lee (born August 9, 1831). He was born in Scotland, but was an American citizen by the time …


Navajo Corn, by Rachael E.

When people stockpile food they like to stick to the basics; beans, rice, and pasta. The one crop I would like to include to this list is corn. The corn I will be talking about is fresh corn and not the canned corn you can buy all year round. Unlike rice and pasta, many people have the ability to grow more corn if they run out. With beans you have limited ways to prepare it. Corn on the other hand can be used in many different ways.  From one ear of corn you can collect enough seeds to grow enough …


Letter Re: Heavy Rainfall — Now Hitting The Fan in The Philippines

Dear JWR: We have been hit with massive rain and flooding here in the metropolitan Manila area. We are getting at times more than 1 inch rain per hour. We have received more rain than Typhoon Ondoy already. On August 7 we got 477mm rain in 22 hours. About half the city is flooded and roads to my area are impassable. The gas stations are out of unleaded gas and only have 97 octane racing grade remaining as of last night. I hit up the supermarket last night and it was busier than Christmas. I expect food shortages soon and …


Economics and Investing:

Five Surprising Facts About Hyperinflation Why Europe Matters… And How Spain Could Wipe Out Your 401(k) Reader Pierre M. sent this: The 11 Graphs That Allegedly Prove That the West Is Doomed The Daily Bell asks: Fed Bankrupting Consumers While Enriching Wall Street as a Matter of Policy? Items from The Economatrix: Despite Jobs Report, Street Unsure Of Fed’s Next Move The Employment Rate In The US Is Lower Than It Was In The Last Recession The US Economy By The Numbers


Odds ‘n Sods:

I’m often asked how people can discreetly find fellow preppers in their region. My long-standing advice is posted in my static page: Finding Like-Minded People in Your Area. But now I’m adding this new venue recommendation: Chris Martenson’s Resilient Life Groups Page.    o o o Dave T. sent this: New York’s Used Police Shells, Reloaded for Sale. The “I’m so offended” tone used by these Big City statist scribes is hilarious.    o o o DHS Requests Plastic Explosives Then Hides Evidence. Perhaps the DHS officials saw the references to Detasheet explosives in my novel Patriots and thought that …