Day: November 17, 2012

Notes from JWR:

Safecastle is continuing its extended series of Repel The Chaos sales offers. The offers for Week 12 are particularly attractive, with bonuses including Mountain House Essentials Buckets and even Nuk-Alerts. — Today we present another two entries for Round 43 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, …


How Necessity Became the Mother of Invention, by Sandra W.

I’ve always been a “glass is half full…when life hands you lemons you make lemonade…” kind of person.  So despite a divided nation after this recent election, geopolitical unrest, and our nation on the brink of financial collapse, I still see the silver lining.  My husband and I purchased a small 900 square foot home, because it was all we could afford.  It was near the height of the housing bubble so we bought high.  We then spent the next four years, remodeling the one bathroom the tiny kitchen and living room to suit our needs.  After investing tens of …


The Folly of Hubris — A Cautionary Tale, by Mrs. S.

How do you balance the secrecy needed when prepping with letting your friends and relatives know that you are a prepper and encouraging them to become one too? Because when SHTF, you want your loved ones to be safe too. Wouldn’t it be wrong to prep in secret and not afford your favorite people the opportunity to prep like you? I know it is not wise to advertise to non-preppers that you are a prepper. But I did it anyway. I just wanted to start a conversation about prepping with my best friend. I was excited about prepping and I …


Economics and Investing:

Mac Slavo: There Is A Financial Disaster Coming; Are You Ready For An Absolute Credit Freeze? Credit And Derivatives Are Decreasing At An Alarming Rate!! Market Crash Inevitable? FHA Nears Need for Taxpayer Funds (More Bailouts!) Items from The Economatrix: Food Stamp Aid To Be Reduced In Ohio Economy Stinks For Many, But Crushing For Millenials Economist:  EU Recession Worsening What Is Money When The System Collapses?


Odds ‘n Sods:

A possible preview of the United States in a few years, when the wolf population peaks: Woman with axe versus wolf.    o o o Kevin S. pointed me to an article about mandated car safety features that I missed when it was posted last summer: A Modern Take on ‘Planned Obsolescence’    o o o Karl G. sent a video of a rotary wood chopper. Clever, but watch where you put your hands! (I don’t think that this would ever be OSHA approved!)    o o o The editor of GuerillAmerica has posted two interesting articles: Intelligence Preparation of …


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

“Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities. Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out …