Day: August 16, 2012

Note from JWR:

Today we present another entry for Round 42 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 $300 gift certificate from CJL Enterprize, for any …


Coastal Oregon as a Retreat Locale, by LongJim

Years ago, as a young man, I was impacted by the 1970s gasoline crisis, making for long gas station lines and the accompanying angst, which was preceded by a few years by a strange  market-driven meat-shortage. I remember that episode resulted in ground beef prices soaring,  and even companies coming out with “textured soy protein” mixes in cartons as a substitute. That series of events probably steered me into the emerging survivalist-prepper culture, and ever since then, I’ve always had a full pantry of tuna, beans, bullets, and water wherever I went. I carried that mindset over to my career …


Letter Re: An Indiana Disaster Preparedness Meetup Site

Hi Mr. Rawles, To start, your site has been an inspiration to many people, myself included.  I am a firefighter here in Indiana and what I’ve noticed is there are so many different places to get info, some good some bad, but it is tough to get some centralized information for local training’s.  We started a Meetup group in Central Indiana that is growing fast and it is not a monetary site or a forum, just a centralized place to post training events and meetups around the area.  You are one of the main sites we encourage all of our members to go to …


Economics and Investing:

J.B.G. sent: Five years on, the Great Recession is turning into a life sentence Parallel currencies! Coinage Act of 2012 – Congressman Ron Paul R.B.S. sent a link to an interesting Numismaster piece: Fake Silver Rounds Can Cause Real Problem Items from The Economatrix: Growing Paychecks Boost Americans’ Buying Power Fed Can’t Fix US Economic Headwinds Bill Haynes:  We Are Now Seeing Huge Orders For Physical Gold & Silver African Nations Chase Out The Almighty Dollar


Odds ‘n Sods:

Joshua E. mentioned that Savage has resumed making a .22LR/.410 shotgun combination gun, the Model 42. This a a very practical little gun for pest shooting or foraging.    o o o A new blog with some real merit: Prepography.com    o o o A reader mentioned: “A collection of YouTube videos focused mostly on how to have fun making or doing things on your own for little or no money”. His latest video on how to make a flea trap is brilliantly simple.    o o o Charley S. sent this, just for fun: “So papa, how do you …


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

"In contemplating the political institutions of the United States, I lament that we waste so much time and money in punishing crimes, and take so little pains to prevent them. We profess to be republicans and yet we neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government. That is, the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by the means of the Bible." – Benjamin Rush, “A Defense of the Use of the Bible as a School Book”, 1798