Day: March 13, 2013

Notes from JWR:

I recently turned in the manuscript for Expatriates: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse to my editor at E.P. Dutton. The novel should be released in November, 2013. It is a departure from my previous novels, as the majority of the story takes place overseas, and there are no crossover characters with the previous novels except for ProvGov President Maynard Hutchings. But rest assured that the story is set in the same exciting near-future period, amidst the economic collapse. (But geographically is set primarily in The Philippines, Australia, and central Florida.) The cover artwork has already been completed. This …


Insulin Dependent Diabetics When TSHTF, by AERC

About five years ago, my husband started worrying about many things happening to our country and the world in general.  Bird flu, inflation, resource grabbing, bank bail outs, government policies, Peak Oil… and more provided fuel for his concern.  As I listened to him talk about what was happening in the world, I began to think about what to do in a situation that would dramatically alter our “way of life”.  We already had goats, sheep, pigs, rabbits and chickens.  We already had a nice sized garden and I already canned what we didn’t eat fresh, but it wasn’t done …


Two Letters Re: Storing Coconut Oil

JWR, I work in the oleochemcals industry, just a little info on oil storage. Oxygen is by far your worst enemy when it comes to long term storage for any fat based materials. The oxygen will primarily interact with any of the double bonds located on a fatty acid chain, breaking down the fatty acid and creating the compounds that cause the oil to become rancid. The more unsaturated the oil is the more double bonds that will be available for the oxygen to interact with. Coconut oil is naturally highly saturated (typically ~94%), therefore fewer double bond sites on the …


Economics and Investing:

Kyle Bass: Yen could hit 200 Vs. US Dollar Eric Sprott: Is the West Dishoarding Its Sovereign Treasure Coin Hoarding Idea: Nickels I missed this when it was posted last August: The Two Things Your Broker Doesn’t Know About Silver Items from The Economatrix: What A Difference For Jobs $1.2 Trillion In Debt Makes The Coming Debt Collapse Payrolls Rise As US Jobless Rate Reaches Four-Year Low Italy Downgraded To BBB+


Odds ‘n Sods:

David S. was the first of several readers to send this: It’s Official – L.A. Officials Say : Prep For Two Weeks On Your Own    o o o H.L. sent: Has Gun Ownership in American Homes Really Decreased This Dramatically? H.L. opines, perhaps correctly: “No, gun ownership has probably increased, but the willingness to mention them to government officials and pollsters has decreased.”    o o o Some food for thought: Christians, The Second Amendment And The Duty Of Self Defense    o o o Freeze Dry Guy has announced that they are giving back 20%-30% back in Survival Bucks  …


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

“And many a man with life out of tune All battered with bourbon and gin Is auctioned cheap to a thoughtless crowd Much like that old violin A mess of pottage, a glass of wine, A game and he travels on. He is going once, he is going twice, He is going and almost gone. But the Master comes, And the foolish crowd never can quite understand, The worth of a soul and the change that is wrought By the Touch of the Masters’ Hand.” Excerpt from The Master’s Hand, by Myra Brooks Welch