Day: October 3, 2012

Notes from JWR:

October 3rd is the 19th anniversary of the heroic deaths of Master Sergeant Gary I. Gordon (August 30, 1960 – October 3, 1993) and Sergeant First Class Randall D. Shughart (August 13, 1958–October 3, 1993) in Mogadishu, Somalia. These SFOD-D snipers were both posthumous recipients of the Medal of Honor. They asked to be inserted to rescue Warrant Officer pilot Michael Durant, knowing well that their chances of survival were incredibly slim. Together, Gordon and Shugart accounted for at least 25 Somali KIAs before they died. The events of October 3rd and 4th, 1993 were memorialized in the movie Black …


The Importance of Healthy Eating and a Readiness Lifestyle

Lately I have begun speaking, teaching, and writing on topics such as How To Eat An Acorn; Ancient Food Preservation Methods Today; Permaculture, How and Why; and Edible Common Landscape Plants. I have also been writing on Christian Culture, and various things concerning our time, from first-hand experience. In 1999, we suddenly became aware of Y2K.  We had a two-year old child, and were horrified [at the prospect of a power grid collapse.] I borrowed from my Dad to get out of bank debt, and sold antiques in order to stock up on foods and other items that made me …


Letter Re: The Crown Victoria — an Unlikely Bugout Vehicle

Dear Editor: Here are some videos to ponder, for those guys who are building the “Ultimate Bug Out Vehicle.” Maybe this information should be filed under the general heading of “It isn’t the gun, it is the shooter”, or more precisely, “It isn’t the car, it is the driver.” Watch these videos. (I think the driver is just taking his dog out for a walk.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=KFwPXEeJ3aI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFwPXEeJ3aI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYIJpzo2RVY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHvXi_HejnI&feature=related – K.B.S. in Way North Illinois


Economics and Investing:

Less than 900 days for hyperinflation in the US? A “Frightening Pattern” Indicate That We Are Heading To A Massive Economic Catastrophe Unlike Anything Ever Seen And Countdown Clock Is Quickly Approaching Zero Here it comes: Americans face $3,500 fiscal cliff tax hit Items from The Economatrix: Day of Rage in Greece as More Stringent Cuts Loom Eurozone Crisis:  Spain Inching Closer to a Meltdown Death Knells for the to Sharp Slowdown in Manufacturing Why Oil Prices are Likely to Slide Further


Odds ‘n Sods:

News from the Lost Cause that was once the glorious California Republic: Governor Brown signs law banning open carry of unloaded long guns. Concealed carry of handguns was banned in California in 1923. (One of many states to enact the “Uniform Act to Regulate the Sale and Possession of Firearms”–which was originally aimed at part in disarming “uppity” black World War I veterans.) Then, in 1967 open carry of loaded guns on public streets or in motor vehicles was banned (one of then Governor Ronald Reagan’s darkest days), out of fear of a few dozen “uppity” Black Panthers. More recently, …


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

“If we are that weak, just think of who wants to come here first and take us over, and the last thing I ever want to see is to see this country, our country taken over because we’re so financially weak we can’t do anything and we’re moving in that direction. … We could even lose our country if we don’t get this fixed and straightened out and nobody that’s running [for public office] really talks about it, about what we have to do and why we have to do it. They would prefer not to have it discussed.” – …