Day: January 15, 2013

Notes from JWR:

I’m pleased to report that our SurvivalRealty.com spin-off (operated by my son) has logged six more property sales in recent weeks and now has 116 listings for properties in the United States. The highest number of listings are predictably in Idaho, Montana, and in sunny, pistol packin’ Arizona. — Today we present another entry for Round 44 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 …


Legally Prepared?, by L.C.

Picture this: On some not-so-remote night, you are awakened by an insistent thumping on your door, or perhaps by the sound of breaking glass. You stagger up and groggily go toward the noise, maybe muttering or worse. Perhaps you have the time and presence of mind to grab your home defense tool of whatever description, and maybe you awaken your spouse and get him or her (and any children) to a more secure part of the house. Now what? What are you prepared to do? Like many of you, I have been self-sufficient and responsible for more decades than I …


Letter Re: Voting With Our Feet

Captain Rawles, In response to your mention of people voting with their feet – I believe this is much more prevalent today than people realize.  According to the best data I can find, there are currently more than a million Americans leaving the United States each year.  And while the vast majority will choose to retain their US citizenship, and their reasons for leaving are varied, the net effect on the American economy will be great.  Here’s why:  The people who are leaving are, almost to a family, high income earners.  Many of those replacing them in the US are …


News From The American Redoubt:

Wyoming legislator seeks to have his state “step aside” from any federal semi-auto and magazine bans. (Wyoming citizens should contact their state representatives and ask them to co-sponsor HB 104.)    o o o In Montana, Dark Money Helped Democrats Hold a Key Senate Seat: Jon Tester and Denny Rehberg in their June debate, when the two were locked in a tight race for a Montana senate seat.    o o o Another one of those “Only in Idaho” news stories: Ski patrol rescues lost sheep    o o o From the same folks in Spokane who make the Bed …


Economics and Investing:

H.L. sent a video from Belarus that was apparently shot just after a currency revaluation. It illustrates what life can be like during a mass inflation: The Most Tolerant Cashier John Rubino: We Created The Conditions For Catastrophic Failure It Begins: Bundesbank To Commence Repatriating Gold From New York Fed California’s “Prevailing Wage” – Floor Vacuuming At $45.93/Hour Items from The Economatrix: If The Fed Stops Printing, The Collapse Would Be So Incredible That People Would Eat Each Other In The Street Box Demand As Economic Gauge Shows US Output Gains Stimulus From Jobless Aid Fades As US Hiring Grows


Odds ‘n Sods:

Here it comes… Biden: White House readies 19 executive actions on guns. Obviously the series of meetings that Biden recently held were nothing but a charade. These Executive Orders must have been written months ago and waiting on the shelf for an opportune moment. If the Executive Branch moves are indeed drastic, I predict that we can expect to see: 1.) some robust assertion of State sovereignty in many western and southern states (akin to the recent legislative news from Wyoming and Texas), 2.) calls for impeachment, and 3.) calls for immediate intervention by the Supreme Court. (The 2000 Presidential …