Day: May 24, 2013

Notes from JWR:

JRH Enterprises is running a Memorial Day sale through June 1st on FLIR Scout Series thermal imagers. These are ideal for retreat security. The Scout PS24 FLIR is on sale for $1,850 and the FLIR PS32 Thermal camera which offers higher resolution and 2X magnification greatly increasing the range for $2,795. JRH also has on sale the DBAL-I2 Infrared and visible laser sighting system for use with your night vision device available. — Today we present another entry for Round 46 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A.) Gunsite Academy Three Day …


When Bugging Out is Not an Option: Hunkering Down with a Quadriplegic, by Steven in Alabama

I’ve always considered myself and my family extremely blessed.  I also am a firm believer that God expects you to make the most out of what you have.  God gave me a wonderful wife and 3 healthy, strong boys.  We are a hard working family who have always had goals and planned well for the future.  We even had a bug-out plan when not many other folks even talked about such things.  Our world took a drastic turn a little over a year ago when my oldest son was injured in a high school wrestling accident.  In the blink of …


Letter Re: Checking Your Handguns for Feeding Problems: Round Nose Versus Hollow Points

Sir, For those with hollowpoint feeding problems with their pistols, I’d like to recommend the Dremel 516 Abrasive Point, which is bullet-shaped. Here is manufacturer’s description: “Abrasive point, bullet shaped constructed of compressed non-woven nylon fibers that have been impregnated with aluminum oxide abrasive grains. These abrasive points are great for finishing work and light deburring.”   I find it works well by polishing the feed ramp to a mirror finish as well as lightly rounding the sharp edges of the chamber end of a new barrel.  I stumbled upon this solution when I received one of the first batch …


Economics and Investing:

We saw this coming: Global Market Rout Spreads Reader Denise in Florida spotted this: Ceiling suspended: US takes on $300 billion in new debt after hitting $16.7 trillion. The article begins: “America’s ticking debt bomb has been reset. Washington has suspended the debt ceiling, setting a date, and not a concrete dollar sum as a deadline, an unprecedented first in US history.” Fed’s Dudley: Will Take 3 to 4 Months to Decide on Tapering. JWR’s Comment: In my estimation The Fed, Treasury, and their derivatives trading clients are now so addicted to QE that they will utterly destroy the Dollar …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Reader F.G. sent us links to a curious disparity: Scientists say united on global warming, at odds with public view: “(Reuters) – Ninety-seven percent of scientists say global warming is mainly man-made but a wide public belief that experts are divided is making it harder to gain support for policies to curb climate change, an international study showed on Thursday.” But then we also read: Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis. “Only 36 percent of geoscientists and engineers believe that humans are creating a global warming crisis, according to a survey reported in the peer-reviewed …


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

“The American people expect the Internal Revenue Service to violate them fairly and impartially, that one taxpayer not be garroted while another is but lightly strangled, that ‘service’ be understood in the veterinary sense rather than the mortician’s. The compact has been breeched. The nation pauses.” – Ol’ Remus, The Woodpile Report